gentio
Portuguese, noun/ʒẽˈt͡ʃi.u/
gentio is spelled G-E-N-T-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gentile; heathen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo gentio”.
What does gentio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gentile; heathen
- 2
archaicNative
noun
- 1
masculinegentile; heathen
- 2
archaicmasculineNative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquele que professa a religião pagã 2. idólatra 3. quantidade de gente 4. não-israelita
noun: 1. indivíduo gentio
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 gentio
- gentia feminine
- gentios masculine plural
- gentias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentio?
- Brazil /ʒẽˈt͡ʃi.u/
- Brazil /ʒẽˈt͡ʃiw/
- Brazil [ʒẽˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gentio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gentio in Portuguese?
gentio appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).