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virulento

Portuguese, adjective/vi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/

virulento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “virulent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem vírus”.

What does virulento mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    virulent

  2. 2

    synonym of rancoroso

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem vírus 2. maligno

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 virulento

  • virulenta feminine
  • virulentos masculine plural
  • virulentas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce virulento?

  • Brazil /vi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/
  • Portugal /vi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/
  • Portugal /bi.ɾuˈlẽ.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to virulento

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is virulento in Portuguese?

virulento appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).