castigo
Portuguese, noun/kasˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
castigo is spelled C-A-S-T-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,752nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castigo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “punishment (penalty to punish wrongdoing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of castigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pena imposta a quem cometeu delito ou falta”.
What does castigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepunishment (penalty to punish wrongdoing)
crime e castigo
- 2
masculinesomething which causes suffering
- 3
masculinegrounding (state of being confined by one’s parents, as punishment)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of castigar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pena imposta a quem cometeu delito ou falta 2. repreensão, admoestação, correção 3. ato de meter os ferros no touro
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 castigo
- castigos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castigo?
- Brazil /kasˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- /kaʃˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- Portugal /kɐʃˈti.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to castigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is castigo in Portuguese?
castigo appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).