homicídio
Portuguese, noun/o.miˈsi.d͡ʒju/
homicídio is spelled H-O-M-I-C-Í-D-I-O (9 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Homicídio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “homicide (killing of a person by another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de retirar a vida de outrem; assassinato, assassínio”.
What does homicídio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehomicide (killing of a person by another)
Foi preso por homicídio.
- 2
colloquialmasculinemanslaughter (the non-premeditated and/or justifiable killing of another person by another person)
Coordinate term: assassinato (murder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de retirar a vida de outrem; assassinato, assassínio
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 homicídio
- homicídios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homicídio?
- Brazil /o.miˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- Portugal /ɔ.miˈsi.dju/
- Portugal [ɔ.miˈsi.ðju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homicídio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homicídio in Portuguese?
homicídio appears 18 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).