promotoria
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.mo.toˈɾi.ɐ/
promotoria is spelled P-R-O-M-O-T-O-R-I-A (10 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Promotoria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the district attorney's office, the prosecution administrative department” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instituição do Poder Judiciário onde se agregam os promotores”.
What does promotoria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe district attorney's office, the prosecution administrative department
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instituição do Poder Judiciário onde se agregam os promotores
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 promotoria
- promotorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce promotoria?
- Brazil /pɾo.mo.toˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɾu.mu.tuˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to promotoria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is promotoria in Portuguese?
promotoria appears 6.2 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).