suboficial
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.bo.fi.siˈaw/ [su.bo.fi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /su.bo.fiˈsjaw/ [su.bo.fiˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bu.fiˈsjal/ [su.βu.fiˈsjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bu.fiˈsja.li/ [su.βu.fiˈsja.li]
- Hyphenation: su‧bo‧fi‧ci‧al
Noun
suboficial m (plural suboficiais)
- subofficer (subordinate officer)
Further reading
- “suboficial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “suboficial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
suboficial m (plural suboficiales)
Further reading
- “suboficial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025