complemento
Portuguese, noun/kõ.pleˈmẽ.tu/
complemento is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,961st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complemento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “complement (something which combines with something else to make a whole)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of complementar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de completar”.
What does complemento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecomplement (something which combines with something else to make a whole)
- 2
masculinecomplement (clause needed to complete the meaning of an expression)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of complementar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de completar 2. acabamento 3. logiciário que integra-se a um programa provendo-lhe alguma funcionalidade adicional 4. palavra ou expressão que completa o sentido de outra
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 complemento
- complementos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complemento?
- Brazil /kõ.pleˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /kõ.plɨˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /kõ.plɨ.ˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to complemento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complemento in Portuguese?
complemento appears 3.1 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).