materno
Portuguese, adjective/maˈtɛʁ.nu/
materno is spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-O (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Materno is a Portuguese adjective meaning “maternal; motherly (of, pertaining to or associated with mothers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo à mãe; maternal”.
What does materno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
maternal; motherly (of, pertaining to or associated with mothers)
amor materno
- 2
maternal (related through the mother’s side of the family)
avô materno
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à mãe; maternal
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 materno
- materna feminine
- maternos masculine plural
- maternas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce materno?
- Brazil /maˈtɛʁ.nu/
- Brazil [maˈtɛɦ.nu]
- /maˈtɛɾ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to materno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is materno in Portuguese?
materno appears 5.5 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).