donzelo
Portuguese, noun/dõˈzɛ.lu/
donzelo is spelled D-O-N-Z-E-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donzelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a chaste or virgin man, specifically an adult or teenager one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem adulto ou adolescente que não manteve relações sexuais; virgem”.
What does donzelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatorymasculineslanga chaste or virgin man, specifically an adult or teenager one
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem adulto ou adolescente que não manteve relações sexuais; virgem
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 donzelo
- donzelos plural
- donzela feminine
- donzelas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce donzelo?
- Brazil /dõˈzɛ.lu/
- Portugal /dõˈzɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is donzelo in Portuguese?
donzelo appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).