nocaute

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === knockout (unadapted spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from English knockout. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -awtɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi Hyphenation: no‧cau‧te === Noun === nocaute m (plural nocautes) (chiefly Brazil, prescribed in Portugal) (sports) knockout (act of making someone unconscious in a fight) === Adjective === nocaute m or f (plural nocautes) unconscious Synonym: KO ==== Usage notes ==== Nocaute is the prescribed adaptation of knockout, but it's rarely used in Portugal. ==== Derived terms ==== nocautear (“to knock out”) === Further reading === “nocaute”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “nocaute”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026