inquisidor
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.ki.ziˈdoʁ/
inquisidor is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-S-I-D-O-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquisidor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “inquisitor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa encarregada de investigar ou interrogar suspeitos”.
What does inquisidor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inquisitory, inquisitorial
- 2
inquiring (US), enquiring (UK)
noun
- 1
masculineinquisitor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa encarregada de investigar ou interrogar suspeitos 2. indivíduo que participa de processos de inquisição, especialmente históricos
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 inquisidor
- inquisidora feminine
- inquisidores masculine plural
- inquisidoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquisidor?
- Brazil /ĩ.ki.ziˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [ĩ.ki.ziˈdoh]
- /ĩ.ki.ziˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inquisidor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inquisidor in Portuguese?
inquisidor appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).