continente
Portuguese, noun/kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
continente is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continente is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “continent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa continente, moderada”.
What does continente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontinent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem continência 2. moderado
noun: 1. pessoa continente, moderada
noun: 1. grande massa de terra contínua cercada pelas águas oceânicas
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 continente
- continentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continente?
- Brazil /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kõ.tiˈnẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continente in Portuguese?
continente appears 27 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).