parêntesis
Portuguese, noun/paˈɾẽ.te.zis/
parêntesis is spelled P-A-R-Ê-N-T-E-S-I-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parêntesis is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of parêntese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que parêntese”.
What does parêntesis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of parêntese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que parêntese
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.
How do you pronounce parêntesis?
- Brazil /paˈɾẽ.te.zis/
- /paˈɾẽ.te.ziʃ/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾẽ.tɨ.ziʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parêntesis in Portuguese?
parêntesis appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).