abstracto
Portuguese, adjective
abstracto is spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstracto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of abstrato; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide abstrato”.
What does abstracto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of abstrato; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide abstrato
noun: 1. vide abstrato
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 abstracto
- abstracta feminine
- abstractos masculine plural
- abstractas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abstracto in Portuguese?
abstracto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).