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diácono

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒiˈa.ko.nu/

diácono is spelled D-I-Á-C-O-N-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diácono is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deacon (a designated minister of charity in the early Church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ajudante do líder de uma igreja”.

What does diácono mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedeacon (a designated minister of charity in the early Church)

  2. 2

    masculinedeacon (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

  3. 3

    masculinedeacon (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ajudante do líder de uma igreja

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 diácono

  • diáconos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce diácono?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.nu/
  • Brazil /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.nu/
  • Portugal /diˈa.ku.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to diácono

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is diácono in Portuguese?

diácono appears 1.1 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).

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