confessionário
Portuguese, noun/kõ.fe.si.oˈna.ɾju/
confessionário is spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N-Á-R-I-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confessionário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “confessional (a small room where confession is performed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde o sacerdote ouve confissões”.
What does confessionário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconfessional (a small room where confession is performed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar onde o sacerdote ouve confissões 2. tribunal da penitência
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 confessionário
- confessionários plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confessionário?
- Brazil /kõ.fe.si.oˈna.ɾju/
- Brazil /kõ.fe.sjoˈna.ɾju/
- Portugal /kõ.fɨ.sjuˈna.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confessionário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confessionário in Portuguese?
confessionário appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).