decadente
Portuguese, adjective/de.kaˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
decadente is spelled D-E-C-A-D-E-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decadente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “decaying, deteriorating, in decline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está em decadência”.
What does decadente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedecaying, deteriorating, in decline
- 2
femininemasculinedecadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está em decadência
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 decadente
- decadentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decadente?
- Brazil /de.kaˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /dɨ.kɐˈdẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal [dɨ.kɐˈðẽ.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is decadente in Portuguese?
decadente appears 1.9 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).