congênito
Portuguese, adjective
congênito is spelled C-O-N-G-Ê-N-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congênito is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of congénito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, congénito is a different word: “congenital (present since birth)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gerado no mesmo instante”.
What does congênito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of congénito
adjective
- 1
congenital (present since birth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gerado no mesmo instante 2. nascido com o indivíduo 3. apropriado
adjective: 1. o mesmo que congênito
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 congênito
- congénita feminine
- congénitos masculine plural
- congénitas feminine plural
- congênito alternative Brazil
- congênita feminine
- congênitos masculine plural
- congênitas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to congênito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is congênito in Portuguese?
congênito appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).