decênio
Portuguese, noun
decênio is spelled D-E-C-Ê-N-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decênio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of decénio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, decénio is a different word: “decade (a period of ten years)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espaço de dez anos, década”.
What does decênio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of decénio
noun
- 1
masculinedecade (a period of ten years)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espaço de dez anos, década
noun: 1. o mesmo que decênio
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 decênio
- decénios plural
- decênio alternative Brazil
- decênios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to decênio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decênio in Portuguese?
decênio appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).