absinto
Portuguese, noun/abˈsĩ.tu/
absinto is spelled A-B-S-I-N-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absinto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “absinthe; wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, a herb of Eurasia and northern Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta aromática da família das Compostas - Artemisia absinthium”.
What does absinto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabsinthe; wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, a herb of Eurasia and northern Africa)
- 2
masculineabsinthe (liquor made from absinthe flowers and leaves)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta aromática da família das Compostas - Artemisia absinthium 2. licor preparado com esta planta 3. amargura
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 absinto
- absintos plural
- absíntio alternative uncommon
- absinthio alternative obsolete
- absintho alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absinto?
- Brazil /abˈsĩ.tu/
- Brazil /a.biˈsĩ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐbˈsĩ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absinto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absinto in Portuguese?
absinto appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).