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plagiário

Portuguese, noun/pla.ʒiˈa.ɾju/

plagiário is spelled P-L-A-G-I-Á-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese, the 251,849th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plagiário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plagiarist (one who plagiarises)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que apresenta como seu um trabalho literário ou científico de outrem”.

What does plagiário mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineplagiarist (one who plagiarises)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aquele que apresenta como seu um trabalho literário ou científico de outrem 2. entre os antigos, aquele que roubava os escravos para os vender

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 plagiário

  • plagiários plural
  • plagiária feminine
  • plagiárias feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce plagiário?

  • Brazil /pla.ʒiˈa.ɾju/
  • Brazil /plaˈʒja.ɾju/
  • Portugal /plɐˈʒja.ɾju/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to plagiário

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is plagiário in Portuguese?

plagiário appears about once in every 85 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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