país
Portuguese, noun
país is spelled P-A-Í-S (4 letters) and appears 437 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 213th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). País is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “country; nation (a sovereign polity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, pais is a different word: “parents”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “região; terra”.
What does país mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecountry; nation (a sovereign polity)
O Uruguai foi uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje é um país.
- 2
masculinecountry; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
Estamos em país montanhoso.
noun
- 1
masculineparents
- 2
masculineplural of pai
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. região; terra 2. território; estado; nação 3. terra onde se nasceu; pátria
noun: 1. o casal de pessoas que cuidam de um filho 2. os antepassados de alguém
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 país
- países plural
- paiz alternative
- pays alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to país
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is país in Portuguese?
país appears 437 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).