menor
Portuguese, noun/meˈnɔʁ/
menor is spelled M-E-N-O-R (5 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,031st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menor is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “minor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a comparative degree of pequeno; smaller. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa menor (2)”.
What does menor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecomparative degree of pequeno; smaller
Laranjas são menores que melancias.
- 2
femininemasculinesuperlative degree of pequeno; smallest
O Sergipe é o menor estado do Brasil.
- 3
femininemasculineminor, lesser
um inimigo menor
- 4
femininemasculineunderage, minor (below legal adulthood)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineminor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mais pequeno 2. diz-se de pessoa que não atingiu a idade adulta 3. de pouca importância
noun: 1. pessoa menor (2) 2. criança, em linguagem policial
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 menor
- menores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menor?
- Brazil /meˈnɔʁ/
- Brazil [meˈnɔh]
- /meˈnɔɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menor in Portuguese?
menor appears 95 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).