contraventor
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾa.vẽˈtoʁ/
contraventor is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-T-O-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contraventor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “offender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que comete contravenção”.
What does contraventor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffender
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que comete contravenção 2. indivíduo que age em desacordo com norma ou regulamento
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 contraventor
- contraventores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraventor?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾa.vẽˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [kõ.tɾa.vẽˈtoh]
- /kõ.tɾa.vẽˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contraventor in Portuguese?
contraventor appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).