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sarraceno

Portuguese, noun/sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/

sarraceno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Saracen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “muçulmano”.

What does sarraceno mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Saracen

noun

  1. 1

    masculineSaracen

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. muçulmano 2. árabe 3. mouro

noun: 1. muçulmano 2. árabe 3. mouro 4. o mesmo que trigo-sarraceno

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 sarraceno

  • sarracena feminine
  • sarracenos masculine plural
  • sarracenas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sarraceno?

  • Brazil /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/
  • Brazil [sa.haˈsẽ.nu]
  • /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.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 sarraceno

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sarraceno in Portuguese?

sarraceno appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).