precípuo
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈsi.p(w)u/
precípuo is spelled P-R-E-C-Í-P-U-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precípuo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “praecipuum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does precípuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
principal
- 2
relating to a praecipuum
noun
- 1
masculinepraecipuum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mais importante; principal, essencial, melhor
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 precípuo
- precípua feminine
- precípuos masculine plural
- precípuas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce precípuo?
- Brazil /pɾeˈsi.p(w)u/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈsi.pwu/
- /pɾe.ˈsi.pwu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is precípuo in Portuguese?
precípuo appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).