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direito penal

Portuguese, noun

direito penal is spelled D-I-R-E-I-T-O-P-E-N-A-L (12 letters). Direito penal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “criminal law (area of law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does direito penal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecriminal law (area of law)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. ramo do direito público que trata do estudo das normas que ligam o crime à pena, disciplinando as relações jurídicas daí resultantes

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 direito penal

  • direitos penais plural

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

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