contumaz
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tuˈma(j)s/
contumaz is spelled C-O-N-T-U-M-A-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contumaz is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “obstinate, stubborn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does contumaz mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineobstinate, stubborn, insistent
- 2
femininemasculinein contempt of court, contumacious
- 3
femininemasculinedeveloping the habit of usually doing something
noun
- 1
femininemasculineobstinate, stubborn
- 2
femininemasculinecontempt of court
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. teimoso, insistente
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 contumaz
- contumazes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contumaz?
- Brazil /kõ.tuˈma(j)s/
- Brazil [kõ.tuˈma(ɪ̯)s]
- /kõ.tuˈma(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contumaz in Portuguese?
contumaz appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).