vacante
Portuguese, adjective/vaˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
vacante is spelled V-A-C-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “vacant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está vago”.
What does vacante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está vago
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 vacante
- vacantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacante?
- Brazil /vaˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /vɐˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /bɐˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vacante in Portuguese?
vacante appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).