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paróquia

Portuguese, noun/paˈɾɔ.kjɐ/

paróquia is spelled P-A-R-Ó-Q-U-I-A (8 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,736th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paróquia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “parish (part of a diocese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na Igreja Católica, parte de uma diocese que possui sua própria igreja”.

What does paróquia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineparish (part of a diocese)

  2. 2

    feminineparish (members of a parish)

  3. 3

    femininehood; neighbourhood (part of a city)

    Este é o melhor bar da paróquia.

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. na Igreja Católica, parte de uma diocese que possui sua própria igreja. 2. a comunidade que se reúne nessa igreja; os membros da paróquia; a região geográfica atendida por ela.

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 paróquia

  • paróquias plural
  • parochia alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce paróquia?

  • Brazil /paˈɾɔ.kjɐ/
  • Portugal /pɐˈɾɔ.kjɐ/
  • Portugal /pɐ.ˈɾɔ.kjɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to paróquia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is paróquia in Portuguese?

paróquia appears 7.9 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).

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