pequenez
Portuguese, noun/pe.keˈne(j)s/
pequenez is spelled P-E-Q-U-E-N-E-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pequenez is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “smallness (condition of what is small)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é pequeno”.
What does pequenez mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmallness (condition of what is small)
- 2
feminineexiguity
- 3
femininechildhood
- 4
femininepettiness
- 5
femininelowness
- 6
femininehumility
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que é pequeno 2. meninice 3. mesquinhez, humildade
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 pequenez
- pequenezes plural
- pequeneza alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pequenez?
- Brazil /pe.keˈne(j)s/
- Brazil [pe.keˈne(ɪ̯)s]
- /pe.keˈne(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pequenez
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pequenez in Portuguese?
pequenez appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).