cônsul
Portuguese, noun/ˈkõ.suw/
cônsul is spelled C-Ô-N-S-U-L (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cônsul is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “consul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário ou funcionária indicado pelo governo de um país para cuidar dos interesses comerciais e do bem…”.
What does cônsul mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconsul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country)
- 2
masculineconsul (either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires)
- 3
masculineconsul (any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. funcionário ou funcionária indicado pelo governo de um país para cuidar dos interesses comerciais e do bem estar de seus cidadãos em outro país 2. maior magistratura da República Romana, sempre em número de dois
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 cônsul
- cônsules plural
- consulesa feminine
- consulesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cônsul?
- Brazil /ˈkõ.suw/
- Brazil [ˈkõ.suʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈkõ.sul/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cônsul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cônsul in Portuguese?
cônsul appears 3.5 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).