vicário
Portuguese, adjective/viˈka.ɾju/
vicário is spelled V-I-C-Á-R-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicário is a Portuguese adjective meaning “vicarious (done on behalf of others)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que faz as vezes de outro ou de outrem; substituto”.
What does vicário mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vicarious (done on behalf of others)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que faz as vezes de outro ou de outrem; substituto 2. diz-se do verbo, pronome, forma de tratamento ou advérbio que se emprega para evitar a repetição de outro
noun: 1. o mesmo que vigário
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 vicário
- vicária feminine
- vicários masculine plural
- vicárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vicário?
- Brazil /viˈka.ɾju/
- Portugal /viˈka.ɾju/
- Portugal /biˈka.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vicário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicário in Portuguese?
vicário appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).