penitenciário
Portuguese, noun/pe.ni.tẽ.siˈa.ɾju/
penitenciário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “penitentiary (Roman Catholic priest who administers the sacrament of penance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does penitenciário mean in English?
adjective
- 1
penitentiary, penitential (relating to penitence)
- 2
penitentiary (relating to criminal punishment)
- 3
penitentiary (relating to the prison system)
noun
- 1
masculinepenitentiary (Roman Catholic priest who administers the sacrament of penance)
- 2
masculineindividual in a prison
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a penitência 2. relativo a penitenciária, a sistema prisional
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 penitenciário
- penitenciária feminine
- penitenciários masculine plural
- penitenciárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penitenciário?
- Brazil /pe.ni.tẽ.siˈa.ɾju/
- Brazil /pe.ni.tẽˈsja.ɾju/
- Portugal /pɨ.ni.tẽˈsja.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is penitenciário in Portuguese?
penitenciário appears 3.5 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).