presidiário
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.zi.d͡ʒiˈa.ɾju/
presidiário is spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-I-Á-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presidiário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a prisoner in a penitentiary, an inmate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que está condenado a trabalhar num presídio”.
What does presidiário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea prisoner in a penitentiary, an inmate
- 2
masculinecriminal; felon
adjective
- 1
penitentiary (relating to the punishment of criminals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a presídio 2. preso num presídio
noun: 1. aquele que está condenado a trabalhar num presídio
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 presidiário
- presidiários plural
- presidiária feminine
- presidiárias feminine plural
- presidiario alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presidiário?
- Brazil /pɾe.zi.d͡ʒiˈa.ɾju/
- Brazil /pɾe.ziˈd͡ʒja.ɾju/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.ziˈdja.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is presidiário in Portuguese?
presidiário appears 2.3 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).