rigor
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈɡoʁ/
rigor is spelled R-I-G-O-R (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rigor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rigour (higher level of difficulty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dureza, rigidez”.
What does rigor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerigour (higher level of difficulty)
- 2
masculinerigour (severity or strictness)
- 3
masculinerigidity; inflexibility
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dureza, rigidez 2. inflexibilidade 3. severidade, aspereza, austeridade 4. exatidão, correção, precisão
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 rigor
- rigores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rigor?
- Brazil /ʁiˈɡoʁ/
- Brazil [hiˈɡoh]
- /ʁiˈɡoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rigor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rigor in Portuguese?
rigor appears 6.0 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).