parcimônia
Portuguese, noun
parcimônia is spelled P-A-R-C-I-M-Ô-N-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parcimônia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of parcimónia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, parcimónia is a different word: “parsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver parcimónia”.
What does parcimônia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of parcimónia
noun
- 1
feminineparsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver parcimónia
noun: 1. moderação, frugalidade, sobriedade:
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 parcimônia
- parcimónias plural
- parcimônia alternative Brazil
- parcimônias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to parcimônia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parcimônia in Portuguese?
parcimônia appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).