quinto
Portuguese, noun/ˈkĩ.tu/
quinto is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,546th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fifth (one of five parts of a whole)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of quintar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “A pessoa ou coisa que está logo após o quarto numa série”.
What does quinto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fifth
noun
- 1
masculinefifth (one of five parts of a whole)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of quintar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ordem de um elemento em um conjunto, que ocupe a posição equivalente ao número cinco.
adjective: 1. Refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição quintenária em uma série; o que vem depois do quarto.
noun: 1. A pessoa ou coisa que está logo após o quarto numa série. 2. (feminino) sítio, pequena propriedade rural.
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 quinto
- quinta feminine
- quintos masculine plural
- quintas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinto?
- Brazil /ˈkĩ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈkĩ.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 quinto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quinto in Portuguese?
quinto appears 18 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).