parcimonioso
Portuguese, adjective/paʁ.si.mo.niˈo.zu/
parcimonioso is spelled P-A-R-C-I-M-O-N-I-O-S-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parcimonioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “parsimonious; thrifty (avoiding expenditures)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que age com parcimônia, precaução, ponderação, sobriedade, cautela, economia”.
What does parcimonioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
parsimonious; thrifty (avoiding expenditures)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que age com parcimônia, precaução, ponderação, sobriedade, cautela, economia
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 parcimonioso
- parcimoniosa feminine
- parcimoniosos masculine plural
- parcimoniosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parcimonioso?
- Brazil /paʁ.si.mo.niˈo.zu/
- Brazil [pah.si.mo.niˈo.zu]
- Brazil /paʁ.si.moˈnjo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parcimonioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parcimonioso in Portuguese?
parcimonioso appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).