leprosário
Portuguese, noun/le.pɾoˈza.ɾju/
leprosário is spelled L-E-P-R-O-S-Á-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leprosário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instituição médica histórica que era usada para o tratamento e isolamento de pacientes com hanseníase, também…”.
What does leprosário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instituição médica histórica que era usada para o tratamento e isolamento de pacientes com hanseníase, também conhecida como lepra
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 leprosário
- leprosários plural
- leprosório alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leprosário?
- Brazil /le.pɾoˈza.ɾju/
- Portugal /lɨ.pɾuˈza.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is leprosário in Portuguese?
leprosário appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).