pernicioso
Portuguese, adjective/peʁ.ni.siˈo.zu/
pernicioso is spelled P-E-R-N-I-C-I-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pernicioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pernicious (causing harm in a subtle way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é prejudicial”.
What does pernicioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pernicious (causing harm in a subtle way)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é prejudicial 2. perigoso 3. danoso
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 pernicioso
- perniciosa feminine
- perniciosos masculine plural
- perniciosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pernicioso?
- Brazil /peʁ.ni.siˈo.zu/
- Brazil [peɦ.ni.siˈo.zu]
- /peɾ.ni.siˈo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pernicioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pernicioso in Portuguese?
pernicioso appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).