criminologia
Portuguese, noun/kɾi.mi.no.loˈʒi.ɐ/
criminologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the study of criminal law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “disciplina que trata das teorias do direito penal”.
What does criminologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe study of criminal law
- 2
femininecriminology (the study of crime and of the behaviour of criminals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. disciplina que trata das teorias do direito penal 2. estudo psicológico e sociológico das causas do comportamento antissocial do homem
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 criminologia
- criminologias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criminologia?
- Brazil /kɾi.mi.no.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɾi.mi.nu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
- /kriminuluˈʒiɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criminologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criminologia in Portuguese?
criminologia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).