piedade
Portuguese, noun/pi.eˈda.d͡ʒi/
piedade is spelled P-I-E-D-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piedade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “piety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “virtude que inspira devoção às coisas santas e atos de amor e compaixão”.
What does piedade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepiety
- 2
femininepity, compassion, mercy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. virtude que inspira devoção às coisas santas e atos de amor e compaixão
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
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 piedade
- piedades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piedade?
- Brazil /pi.eˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil /pjeˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /pjɛˈda.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piedade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piedade in Portuguese?
piedade appears 13 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).