hereditário
Portuguese, adjective/e.ɾe.d͡ʒiˈta.ɾju/
hereditário is spelled H-E-R-E-D-I-T-Á-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hereditário is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hereditary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se transmite por direito de sucessão”.
What does hereditário mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hereditary
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se transmite por direito de sucessão 2. que passa aos descendentes 3. diz-se em sentido análogo das doenças que passam dos pais para os filhos
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 hereditário
- hereditária feminine
- hereditários masculine plural
- hereditárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hereditário?
- Brazil /e.ɾe.d͡ʒiˈta.ɾju/
- Portugal /i.ɾɨ.diˈta.ɾju/
- Portugal [i.ɾɨ.ðiˈta.ɾju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hereditário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hereditário in Portuguese?
hereditário appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).