serventuário
Portuguese, noun/seʁ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾju/
serventuário is spelled S-E-R-V-E-N-T-U-Á-R-I-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serventuário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “one who serves in a job or trade, replacing the permanent employee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substituto, suplente”.
What does serventuário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineone who serves in a job or trade, replacing the permanent employee
- 2
masculineone who performs any bureaucratic function
- 3
masculineservant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substituto, suplente 2. funcionário ou auxiliar da Justiça
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 serventuário
- serventuários plural
- serventuária feminine
- serventuárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serventuário?
- Brazil /seʁ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾju/
- Brazil [seɦ.vẽ.tuˈa.ɾju]
- Brazil /seʁ.vẽˈtwa.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is serventuário in Portuguese?
serventuário appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).