Polyglot Dictionary

patrimônio

/patɾiˈmonju/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os patrimônios

Meaning

  1. heritage

    Very commonly also means one's assets or net worth (patrimônio líquido, "net worth"), a major financial sense beyond cultural heritage.

    • É patrimônio da humanidade.

      It's a world heritage site.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

herança

herança (inheritance) is specifically what's passed down from a person at death, often financial; patrimônio (heritage) is broader — a nation's cultural legacy, or a person's overall estate.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

patrimonio

patrimonio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "heritage."

Practice

1 What does patrimônio mean?

2 Fill the gap: É ___ da humanidade.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches patrimônio?

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