Polyglot Dictionary

contêiner

/kõˈtejneɾ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os contêineres

Meaning

  1. container

    • O contêiner chegou.

      The container arrived.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vasilha

contêiner specifically means a large shipping or storage container; vasilha is more a small household container, like a jar or vessel.

recipiente

contêiner specifically means a large shipping or storage container; recipiente is the general everyday word for "container."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

envase

envase is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "container."

Spanish

recipiente

recipiente is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "container."

Practice

1 What does contêiner mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ chegou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches contêiner?

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