cônego
Portuguese, noun
cônego is spelled C-Ô-N-E-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cônego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cónego” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cónego is a different word: “canon (member of cathedral chapter)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “presbítero que vive sob uma regra que o obriga a realizar as funções litúrgicas mais solenes na igreja…”.
What does cônego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cónego
noun
- 1
masculinecanon (member of cathedral chapter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sacerdote membro de um cabido
noun: 1. presbítero que vive sob uma regra que o obriga a realizar as funções litúrgicas mais solenes na igreja catedral ou colegiada
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 cônego
- cónegos plural
- cônego alternative Brazil
- cônegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cônego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cônego in Portuguese?
cônego 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).