adicto
Portuguese, noun/aˈd͡ʒik.tu/
adicto is spelled A-D-I-C-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adicto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “addict, junkie (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é adicto (adjetivo, 3)”.
What does adicto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaddict, junkie (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se apega 2. que se afeiçoa a 3. dependente de 4. submisso
noun: 1. aquele que é adicto (adjetivo, 3)
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 adicto
- adictos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adicto?
- Brazil /aˈd͡ʒik.tu/
- Portugal /ɐˈdik.tu/
- Portugal [ɐˈðik.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 adicto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adicto in Portuguese?
adicto appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).