salesiano
Portuguese, noun/sa.le.ziˈɐ̃.nu/
salesiano is spelled S-A-L-E-S-I-A-N-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salesiano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Salesian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does salesiano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Salesian
noun
- 1
masculineSalesian
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente à congregação de São Francisco de Sales, fundada por S. João Bosco em 1859, para educação da juventude 2. padre ou freira dessa congregação
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 salesiano
- salesiana feminine
- salesianos masculine plural
- salesianas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salesiano?
- Brazil /sa.le.ziˈɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil /sa.leˈzjɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /sɐ.lɨˈzjɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salesiano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salesiano in Portuguese?
salesiano appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).