corpúsculo
Portuguese, noun/koʁˈpus.ku.lu/
corpúsculo is spelled C-O-R-P-Ú-S-C-U-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corpúsculo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “corpuscle (a minute particle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corpo pequeníssimo”.
What does corpúsculo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecorpuscle (a minute particle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corpo pequeníssimo 2. molécula 3. átomo
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 corpúsculo
- corpúsculos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corpúsculo?
- Brazil /koʁˈpus.ku.lu/
- Brazil [kohˈpus.ku.lu]
- /koɾˈpus.ku.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corpúsculo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corpúsculo in Portuguese?
corpúsculo appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).