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petropolitano

Portuguese, noun

petropolitano is spelled P-E-T-R-O-P-O-L-I-T-A-N-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petropolitano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural de Petrópolis ou seu habitante”.

What does petropolitano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of, from or relating to Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenative or inhabitant of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. de Petrópolis, cidade fluminense

noun: 1. natural de Petrópolis ou seu habitante

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 petropolitano

  • petropolitana feminine
  • petropolitanos masculine plural
  • petropolitanas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is petropolitano in Portuguese?

petropolitano appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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