confeito
Portuguese, noun/kõˈfej.tu/
confeito is spelled C-O-N-F-E-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confeito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a small piece of sugar candy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doce em forma de esfera”.
What does confeito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea small piece of sugar candy
- 2
masculinea sugar-coated seed or nut
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que foi confeitado; coberto de confeito
noun: 1. doce em forma de esfera 2. cobertura granulada doce colocada em cima de bolos ou doces 3. pílula medicamentosa recoberta de açúcar
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 confeito
- confeitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confeito?
- Brazil /kõˈfej.tu/
- Brazil [kõˈfeɪ̯.tu]
- Portugal /kõˈfɐj.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 confeito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confeito in Portuguese?
confeito appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).