abc
Portuguese, noun
abc is spelled A-B-C (3 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abc is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of ABC” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, ABC is a different word: “ABC (the Latin alphabet)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mesmo que abecê”.
What does abc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of ABC
noun
- 1
masculineABC (the Latin alphabet)
- 2
masculineABC (the rudiments of any subject)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. região compreendida no estado brasileiro de São Paulo pelas cidades de Santo André (o "A"), São Bernardo do Campo (o "B") e São Caetano do Sul (o "C"), de grande industrialização e importância econômica, social e política no país
abbreviation: 1. Academia Brasileira de Ciências
noun: 1. mesmo que abecê
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 abc
- ABCs plural
- a-bê-cê alternative
- á-bê-cê alternative
- abecê alternative
- abc alternative
- abcs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abc in Portuguese?
abc appears 15 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).