sarnento
Portuguese, adjective/saʁˈnẽ.tu/
sarnento is spelled S-A-R-N-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sarnento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “mangy (afflicted with mange)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem sarna”.
What does sarnento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mangy (afflicted with mange)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem sarna
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 sarnento
- sarnenta feminine
- sarnentos masculine plural
- sarnentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sarnento?
- Brazil /saʁˈnẽ.tu/
- Brazil [saɦˈnẽ.tu]
- /saɾˈnẽ.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 sarnento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sarnento in Portuguese?
sarnento appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).