reformatório
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.foʁ.maˈtɔ.ɾju/
reformatório is spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-A-T-Ó-R-I-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reformatório is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “approved school; reformatory (prison for young offenders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instituto ou estabelecimento que tinha por finalidade reeducar menores delinquentes pela instrução”.
What does reformatório mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapproved school; reformatory (prison for young offenders)
adjective
- 1
reforming (that reforms)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que reforma
noun: 1. instituto ou estabelecimento que tinha por finalidade reeducar menores delinquentes pela instrução
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 reformatório
- reformatórios plural
- reformatória feminine
- reformatórias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reformatório?
- Brazil /ʁe.foʁ.maˈtɔ.ɾju/
- Brazil [he.foɦ.maˈtɔ.ɾju]
- /ʁe.foɾ.maˈtɔ.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is reformatório in Portuguese?
reformatório appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).