dependente
Portuguese, noun/de.pẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
dependente is spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dependente is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dependent (one who relies on another for support)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que depende de outra (como um filho menor de idade, por exemplo)”.
What does dependente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedependent (relying upon; depending upon)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedependent (one who relies on another for support)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que depende de (algo ou alguém) 2. que é anexo a algo, que está ligado, adjunto 3. correlato
noun: 1. pessoa que depende de outra (como um filho menor de idade, por exemplo)
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 dependente
- dependentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dependente?
- Brazil /de.pẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /dɨ.pẽˈdẽ.tɨ/
- /de.pẽ.ˈdẽ.ʧi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dependente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dependente in Portuguese?
dependente appears 9.1 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).