parentesco
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾẽˈtes.ku/
parentesco is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-E-S-C-O (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parentesco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kinship (relation by blood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica ou particularidade de parente”.
What does parentesco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekinship (relation by blood)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. característica ou particularidade de parente 2. em que há relação sanguínea (consanguinidade) ou apresenta uma relação de vínculo ocasionada pelo casamento (afinidade ou dupla afinidade)
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 parentesco
- parentescos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parentesco?
- Brazil /pa.ɾẽˈtes.ku/
- /pa.ɾẽˈteʃ.ku/
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾẽˈteʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parentesco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parentesco in Portuguese?
parentesco appears 3.2 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).