pretensiosamente
Portuguese, adverb/pɾe.tẽ.siˌɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
pretensiosamente is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-S-I-O-S-A-M-E-N-T-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese, the 266,412th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretensiosamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “pretentiously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de modo pretensioso”.
What does pretensiosamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
pretentiously
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de modo pretensioso
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 pretensiosamente
- mais pretensiosamente comparative
- o mais pretensiosamente superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretensiosamente?
- Brazil /pɾe.tẽ.siˌɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /pɾe.tẽˌsjɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.tẽˌsjɔ.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 pretensiosamente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pretensiosamente in Portuguese?
pretensiosamente appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).