pernoite
Portuguese, noun/peʁˈnoj.t͡ʃi/
pernoite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “night (night spent at a place, especially a hotel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of pernoitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalho durante a noite”.
What does pernoite mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinenight (night spent at a place, especially a hotel)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trabalho durante a noite 2. plantão noturno
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do subjuntivo do verbo pernoitar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo pernoitar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo pernoitar
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 pernoite
- pernoites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pernoite?
- Brazil /peʁˈnoj.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [peɦˈnoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- /peɾˈnoj.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pernoite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pernoite in Portuguese?
pernoite 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).