pena capital
Portuguese, noun
pena capital is spelled P-E-N-A-C-A-P-I-T-A-L (11 letters). Pena capital is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “capital punishment (punishment by death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pena capital mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapital punishment (punishment by death)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. execução como punição a criminoso, na medida em que isto é permitido por lei
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 pena capital
- penas capitais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).