claudicante
Portuguese, adjective/klaw.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
claudicante is spelled C-L-A-U-D-I-C-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claudicante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “lame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que claudica ou coxeia”.
What does claudicante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que claudica ou coxeia 2. (figurado) que revela incerteza; vacilante; hesitante 3. (figurado) que comete erro ou falta 4. (figurado) que revela imperfeição, falha ou deficiência
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 claudicante
- claudicantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claudicante?
- Brazil /klaw.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [klaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /klaw.diˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is claudicante in Portuguese?
claudicante appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).