peçonhento
Portuguese, adjective/pe.sõˈɲẽ.tu/
peçonhento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “venomous (producing poison)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem peçonha; venenoso”.
What does peçonhento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
venomous (producing poison)
- 2
venomous; malignant; spiteful; hateful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem peçonha; venenoso 2. traiçoeiro
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 peçonhento
- peçonhenta feminine
- peçonhentos masculine plural
- peçonhentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peçonhento?
- Brazil /pe.sõˈɲẽ.tu/
- Brazil [pe.sõˈj̃ẽ.tu]
- Portugal /pɨ.suˈɲẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peçonhento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peçonhento in Portuguese?
peçonhento appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).