ciente
Portuguese, adjective/siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
ciente is spelled C-I-E-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,736th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “aware (having knowledge of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem ciência”.
What does ciente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineaware (having knowledge of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem ciência 2. erudito 3. sabedor de alguns fatos
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 ciente
- cientes plural
- sciente alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciente?
- Brazil /siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈsjẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciente in Portuguese?
ciente appears 7.9 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).