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contemporâneo

Portuguese, noun/kõ.tẽ.poˈɾɐ̃.nju/

contemporâneo is spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-Â-N-E-O (13 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contemporâneo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contemporary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é do mesmo tempo de”.

What does contemporâneo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    contemporary, contemporaneous

  2. 2

    contemporary, modern, current

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecontemporary

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que é do mesmo tempo de 2. que é concomitante 3. que é do nosso tempo 4. coevo

noun: 1. que é do mesmo tempo de 2. que é concomitante 3. que é do nosso tempo 4. coevo

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 contemporâneo

  • contemporânea feminine
  • contemporâneos masculine plural
  • contemporâneas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce contemporâneo?

  • Brazil /kõ.tẽ.poˈɾɐ̃.nju/
  • Portugal /kõ.tẽ.puˈɾɐ.nju/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to contemporâneo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is contemporâneo in Portuguese?

contemporâneo appears 9.5 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).

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