criminoso
Portuguese, noun/kɾi.miˈno.zu/
criminoso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “criminal (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que praticou um crime”.
What does criminoso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecriminal (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
adjective
- 1
criminal (relating to crime)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que praticou um crime 2. em que há crime
noun: 1. aquele que praticou um crime
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 criminoso
- criminosos plural
- metaphonic plural
- criminosa feminine
- criminosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criminoso?
- Brazil /kɾi.miˈno.zu/
- Portugal /kɾi.miˈno.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criminoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criminoso in Portuguese?
criminoso appears 19 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).