piedoso
Portuguese, adjective/pi.eˈdo.zu/
piedoso is spelled P-I-E-D-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piedoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “merciful (showing mercy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem piedade”.
What does piedoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
merciful (showing mercy)
- 2
merciful (prone to having mercy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem piedade
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 piedoso
- piedosa feminine
- piedosos masculine plural
- piedosas feminine plural
- mais piedoso comparative
- o mais piedoso superlative
- piedosíssimo superlative
- metaphonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piedoso?
- Brazil /pi.eˈdo.zu/
- Brazil /pjeˈdo.zu/
- Portugal /pjɛˈdo.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 piedoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piedoso in Portuguese?
piedoso appears 1.5 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).