abstêmio
Portuguese, adjective
abstêmio is spelled A-B-S-T-Ê-M-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstêmio is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of abstémio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, abstémio is a different word: “teetotaler”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se da pessoa que se abstém do uso de drogas, mais especificamente de bebida alcoólica”.
What does abstêmio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
BrazilBrazilian Portuguese standard form of abstémio
adjective
- 1
abstemious, teetotal
noun
- 1
masculineteetotaler
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se da pessoa que se abstém do uso de drogas, mais especificamente de bebida alcoólica
adjective: 1. ver abstêmio
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 abstêmio
- abstémia feminine
- abstémios masculine plural
- abstémias feminine plural
- abstêmio alternative Brazil
- abstêmia feminine
- abstêmios masculine plural
- abstêmias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abstêmio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstêmio in Portuguese?
abstêmio 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).