crime
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾĩ.mi/
crime is spelled C-R-I-M-E (5 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 889th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crime is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conduta descrita na legislação penal como sendo proibida, por meio de um tipo penal”.
What does crime mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrime
O ladrão cometeu um crime horrível.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conduta descrita na legislação penal como sendo proibida, por meio de um tipo penal 2. ato que viola uma lei política ou moral
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 crime
- crimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crime?
- Brazil /ˈkɾĩ.mi/
- Portugal /ˈkɾi.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crime
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crime in Portuguese?
crime appears 110 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).