decoro
Portuguese, noun
decoro is spelled D-E-C-O-R-O (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decoro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “manner, decency (behaviour suitable to a social situation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of decorar. With an accent, decôro is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “decência, honra”.
What does decoro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanner, decency (behaviour suitable to a social situation)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of decorar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of decoro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. decência, honra.
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 decoro
- decoros plural
- decôro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to decoro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decoro in Portuguese?
decoro appears 1.5 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).