calunioso
Portuguese, adjective/ka.lu.niˈo.zu/
calunioso is spelled C-A-L-U-N-I-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calunioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “slanderous (that slanders or involves slander; that raises or utters false accusations about someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que contém calúnia”.
What does calunioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slanderous (that slanders or involves slander; that raises or utters false accusations about someone)
- 2
slanderous (that serves or constitutes an instrument for slandering someone)
- 3
slanderous (that constitutes, represents, or contains slander)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que contém calúnia
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 calunioso
- caluniosa feminine
- caluniosos masculine plural
- caluniosas feminine plural
- mais calunioso comparative
- o mais calunioso superlative
- caluniosíssimo superlative
- metaphonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calunioso?
- Brazil /ka.lu.niˈo.zu/
- Brazil /ka.luˈnjo.zu/
- Portugal /kɐ.luˈnjo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calunioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calunioso in Portuguese?
calunioso appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).