silente
Portuguese, adjective/siˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
silente is spelled S-I-L-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “silent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “silencioso”.
What does silente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesilent
- 2
femininemasculinequiet
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. silencioso
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 silente
- silentes plural
- silentíssimo absolute superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silente?
- Brazil /siˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /siˈlẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is silente in Portuguese?
silente appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).