compêndio
Portuguese, noun/kõˈpẽ.d͡ʒju/
compêndio is spelled C-O-M-P-Ê-N-D-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compêndio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “compendium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que compendia”.
What does compêndio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecompendium
- 2
masculinetextbook, manual
- 3
masculinesummary
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que compendia 2. resumo dos conhecimentos relativos a uma dada área do saber 3. livro-texto escolar 4. pessoa que resume um certo conjunto de qualidades
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 compêndio
- compêndios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compêndio?
- Brazil /kõˈpẽ.d͡ʒju/
- Portugal /kõˈpẽ.dju/
- /kõ.ˈpẽ.ʤu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compêndio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compêndio in Portuguese?
compêndio appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).