apanágio
Portuguese, noun/a.paˈna.ʒju/
apanágio is spelled A-P-A-N-Á-G-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apanágio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “apanage (grant as a birthright)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prerrogativa; atributo”.
What does apanágio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapanage (grant as a birthright)
- 2
masculineattribute; characteristic; quality
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prerrogativa; atributo 2. herança que os soberanos davam aos filhos homens não primogênitos e que deveria retornar à Coroa após a extinção da linhagem masculina 3. pensão alimentícia a que tem direito o cônjuge viúvo, auferida dos rendimentos do cônjuge falecido
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apanágio
- apanágios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apanágio?
- Brazil /a.paˈna.ʒju/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐˈna.ʒju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apanágio in Portuguese?
apanágio appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).