matusalém
Portuguese, noun/ma.tu.zaˈlẽj̃/
matusalém is spelled M-A-T-U-S-A-L-É-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matusalém is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Methuselah (person or thing that has lived to a very old age)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que vive muitos anos”.
What does matusalém mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMethuselah (person or thing that has lived to a very old age)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que vive muitos anos
noun: 1. prenome masculino 2. patriarca bíblico, que viveu 969 anos de idade
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 matusalém
- matusaléns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matusalém?
- Brazil /ma.tu.zaˈlẽj̃/
- Brazil [ma.tu.zaˈlẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /ma.tu.zaˈlɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matusalém
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matusalém in Portuguese?
matusalém appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).