sinecura
Portuguese, noun/si.neˈku.ɾɐ/
sinecura is spelled S-I-N-E-C-U-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinecura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emprego de alta remuneração e que exige pouco esforço”.
What does sinecura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emprego de alta remuneração e que exige pouco esforço
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 sinecura
- sinecuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinecura?
- Brazil /si.neˈku.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /si.nɨˈku.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinecura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinecura in Portuguese?
sinecura appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).