múnus
Portuguese, noun/ˈmũ.nus/
múnus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “burden, duty, obligation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emprego, encargo, função exercida obrigatoriamente”.
What does múnus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburden, duty, obligation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emprego, encargo, função exercida obrigatoriamente
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.
How do you pronounce múnus?
- Brazil /ˈmũ.nus/
- /ˈmũ.nuʃ/
- Portugal /ˈmu.nuʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is múnus in Portuguese?
múnus appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).