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abissínio

Portuguese, noun/a.biˈsĩ.nju/

abissínio is spelled A-B-I-S-S-Í-N-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abissínio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Abyssinian (a native of Abyssinia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que habita na Abissínia”.

What does abissínio mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Abyssinian (of or relating to Abyssinia)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineAbyssinian (a native of Abyssinia)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se do indivíduo nascido na Abissínia, atualmente, Etiópia

noun: 1. aquele que habita na Abissínia 2. indivíduo que tem a tendência a criticar apenas os decaídos do poder, nunca seus detentores

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 abissínio

  • abissínia feminine
  • abissínios masculine plural
  • abissínias feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce abissínio?

  • Brazil /a.biˈsĩ.nju/
  • Portugal /ɐ.biˈsi.nju/
  • Portugal [ɐ.βiˈsi.nju]

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

English words that translate to abissínio

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

How common is abissínio in Portuguese?

abissínio appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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