quinzena
Portuguese, noun/kĩˈzẽ.nɐ/
quinzena is spelled Q-U-I-N-Z-E-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinzena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a period of fifteen consecutive days” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período de tempo correspondente a 15 dias”.
What does quinzena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea period of fifteen consecutive days
- 2
femininea set of fifteen things
- 3
femininea fortnight, a period of two weeks
- 4
feminineone of the two halves of a month
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período de tempo correspondente a 15 dias 2. conjunto de quinze elementos 3. espécie de casaco masculino comprido e sem cintura marcada
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 quinzena
- quinzenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinzena?
- Brazil /kĩˈzẽ.nɐ/
- Portugal /kĩˈze.nɐ/
- Portugal /kĩ.ˈze.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quinzena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quinzena in Portuguese?
quinzena appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).