delito
Portuguese, noun/deˈli.tu/
delito is spelled D-E-L-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crime; offense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou omissão punível segundo lei aplicável; crime”.
What does delito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrime; offense
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou omissão punível segundo lei aplicável; crime 2. ato que constitui uma violação da moral vigente; falta
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 delito
- delitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delito?
- Brazil /deˈli.tu/
- Portugal /dɨˈli.tu/
- Brazil /de.ˈli.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delito in Portuguese?
delito appears 5.8 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).