decente
Portuguese, adjective/deˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
decente is spelled D-E-C-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “decent, proper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que age com decência”.
What does decente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedecent, proper
Faça um corte de cabelo decente.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que age com decência 2. que mostra recato, pudor 3. adequado, conveniente
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 decente
- decentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decente?
- Brazil /deˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /dɨˈsẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decente in Portuguese?
decente appears 9.5 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).