nocturno
Portuguese, adjective
nocturno is spelled N-O-C-T-U-R-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nocturno is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of noturno; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide noturno”.
What does nocturno mean in English?
adjective
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of noturno; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide noturno
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 nocturno
- nocturna feminine
- nocturnos masculine plural
- nocturnas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nocturno in Portuguese?
nocturno appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).