pancrácio
Portuguese, noun/pɐ̃ˈkɾa.sju/
pancrácio is spelled P-A-N-C-R-Á-C-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pancrácio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pankration (ancient Greek martial art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prenome masculino”.
What does pancrácio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepankration (ancient Greek martial art)
- 2
masculinefool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 pancrácio
- pancrácios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pancrácio?
- Brazil /pɐ̃ˈkɾa.sju/
- Portugal /pɐ̃ˈkɾa.sju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pancrácio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pancrácio in Portuguese?
pancrácio appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).