vizinho
Portuguese, noun/viˈzĩ.ɲu/
vizinho is spelled V-I-Z-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,317th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vizinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “neighbor (person who lives next to another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “confinante”.
What does vizinho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
neighbouring; adjacent (located next to something)
Casas vizinhas.
- 2
neighbouring; adjacent; contiguous (sharing a border)
Países vizinhos.
- 3
analogous; related; connected (having many similarities)
Conceitos vizinhos.
- 4
adjacent in a scale or rank
Ré e mi são notas vizinhas.
noun
- 1
masculineneighbor (person who lives next to another)
Ele é nosso vizinho.
- 2
masculineneighbor (place or object located next to another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. confinante 2. não afastado 3. pessoa que mora perto 4. que mora ou se localiza perto
noun: 1. confinante 2. não afastado 3. pessoa que mora perto 4. morador, habitante
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 vizinho
- vizinha feminine
- vizinhos masculine plural
- vizinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vizinho?
- Brazil /viˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [viˈzĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /viˈzi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vizinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vizinho in Portuguese?
vizinho appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).