pejorativo
Portuguese, noun/pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
pejorativo is spelled P-E-J-O-R-A-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pejorativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pejorativo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)
adjective
- 1
pejorative; disparaging
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se da palavra que adquire um sentido chulo, desagradável, depreciativo, desdenhoso
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 pejorativo
- pejorativos plural
- pejorativa feminine
- pejorativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pejorativo?
- Brazil /pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pɨ.ʒu.ɾɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /pɨ.ʒu.ɾɐˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pejorativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pejorativo in Portuguese?
pejorativo appears 1.1 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).