penúltimo
Portuguese, adjective/peˈnuw.t͡ʃi.mu/
penúltimo is spelled P-E-N-Ú-L-T-I-M-O (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penúltimo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “penultimate (the next-to-last in a sequence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que vem antes do último, numa sequência”.
What does penúltimo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
penultimate (the next-to-last in a sequence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que vem antes do último, numa sequência
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 penúltimo
- penúltima feminine
- penúltimos masculine plural
- penúltimas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penúltimo?
- Brazil /peˈnuw.t͡ʃi.mu/
- Brazil [peˈnuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.mu]
- Portugal /pɨˈnul.ti.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penúltimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penúltimo in Portuguese?
penúltimo appears 2.5 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).