paciente
Portuguese, noun/pa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
paciente is spelled P-A-C-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paciente is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “patient (person receiving medical treatment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que está sob cuidados médicos”.
What does paciente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepatient (person receiving medical treatment)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepatient (willing to wait)
noun
- 1
masculinepatient (noun phrase semantically on the receiving end of an action)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dotado de paciência 2. resignado 3. sofredor
noun: 1. pessoa que está sob cuidados médicos 2. pessoa em favor de quem se impetra habeas corpus
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 paciente
- pacientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paciente?
- Brazil /pa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /paˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pɐˈsjẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paciente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paciente in Portuguese?
paciente appears 39 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).