meliante
Portuguese, noun/me.liˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
meliante is spelled M-E-L-I-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meliante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “delinquent, criminal, outlaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bandido, patife, gatuno, malandro”.
What does meliante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedelinquent, criminal, outlaw
- 2
femininemasculinelayabout (someone who does not work)
- 3
femininemasculinea despicable, shameless person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bandido, patife, gatuno, malandro
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 meliante
- meliantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meliante?
- Brazil /me.liˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /meˈljɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mɨˈljɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is meliante in Portuguese?
meliante appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).