Skip to main content

precariamente

Portuguese, adverb/pɾeˌka.ɾjaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

precariamente is spelled P-R-E-C-A-R-I-A-M-E-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precariamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “unstably (in an unstable manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de modo precário”.

What does precariamente mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    unstably (in an unstable manner)

  2. 2

    using or having limited resources

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. de modo precário 2. com risco 3. de modo incerto 4. de modo arriscado

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 precariamente

  • mais precariamente comparative
  • o mais precariamente superlative

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

How do you pronounce precariamente?

  • Brazil /pɾeˌka.ɾjaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /pɾɨˌka.ɾjɐˈmẽ.tɨ/

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

English words that translate to precariamente

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

How common is precariamente in Portuguese?

precariamente 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).

What to look up after precariamente