This is the 2956th most frequent Portuguese word.
oriente
"Oriente" in Portuguese means "East" or "Orient."
In this sentence, 'oriente' refers to the cardinal direction 'east'.
O sol nasce no oriente todos os dias.
The sun rises in the east every day.
Here, 'Oriente' is used to denote the geographic and cultural region of the 'Middle East'.
Ele estuda a cultura do Oriente Médio na universidade.
He studies the culture of the Middle East at the university.
In this example, 'orientar' (a verb derived from 'oriente') means 'to set direction or guidance'.