absorto
Portuguese, adjective/a.biˈsoʁ.tu/
absorto is spelled A-B-S-O-R-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absorto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “distracted; abstracted (inattentive to surrounding objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of absorver. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “absorvido, envolto ou concentrado na contemplação de algo”.
What does absorto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distracted; abstracted (inattentive to surrounding objects)
- 2
absorbed
verb
- 1
Brazilpast participle of absorver
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. absorvido, envolto ou concentrado na contemplação de algo 2. alienado; distraído ensimesmado 3. extasiado
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 absorto
- absorta feminine
- absortos masculine plural
- absortas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absorto?
- Brazil /a.biˈsoʁ.tu/
- Brazil [a.biˈsoh.tu]
- /a.biˈsoɾ.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 absorto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absorto in Portuguese?
absorto appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).