convento
Portuguese, noun/kõˈvẽ.tu/
convento is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “convent (for nuns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “casa onde religiosos vivem em comunidade”.
What does convento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconvent (for nuns)
- 2
masculinemonastery (for monks)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. casa onde religiosos vivem em comunidade 2. reclusão; casarão
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 convento
- conventos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convento?
- Brazil /kõˈvẽ.tu/
- Portugal /kõˈvẽ.tu/
- Portugal /kõˈbẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to convento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convento in Portuguese?
convento appears 5.5 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).