proveito
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈvej.tu/
proveito is spelled P-R-O-V-E-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proveito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “advantage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vantagem, algo que se retira ou se ganha de uma situação”.
What does proveito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadvantage
- 2
masculinebenefit
- 3
masculineutility
- 4
masculineprofit
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vantagem, algo que se retira ou se ganha de uma situação
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 proveito
- proveitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proveito?
- Brazil /pɾoˈvej.tu/
- Brazil [pɾoˈveɪ̯.tu]
- Portugal /pɾuˈvɐj.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proveito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proveito in Portuguese?
proveito appears 6.5 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).