propósito
Portuguese, noun
propósito is spelled P-R-O-P-Ó-S-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Propósito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “purpose; target; aim; goal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, proposito is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intenção”.
What does propósito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurpose; target; aim; goal
- 2
masculinepurpose; motive (reason for which something is done)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of propósito
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of propositar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. intenção 2. objetivo visado
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 propósito
- propósitos plural
- proposito alternative
- propositos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to propósito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is propósito in Portuguese?
propósito appears 47 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).