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preguiçosamente

Portuguese, adverb/pɾe.ɡiˌsɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

preguiçosamente is spelled P-R-E-G-U-I-Ç-O-S-A-M-E-N-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preguiçosamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “lazily (in a lazy manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de forma preguiçosa”.

What does preguiçosamente mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    lazily (in a lazy manner)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. de forma preguiçosa

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 preguiçosamente

  • mais preguiçosamente comparative
  • o mais preguiçosamente superlative

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

How do you pronounce preguiçosamente?

  • Brazil /pɾe.ɡiˌsɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /pɾɨ.ɡiˌsɔ.zɐˈmẽ.tɨ/
  • Portugal [pɾɨ.ɣiˌsɔ.zɐˈmẽ.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 preguiçosamente

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

How common is preguiçosamente in Portuguese?

preguiçosamente appears about once in every 11 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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