anseio
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈsej.u/
anseio is spelled A-N-S-E-I-O (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anseio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anxiety (eager desire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ansiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ânsia”.
What does anseio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanxiety (eager desire)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ansiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ânsia 2. desejo veemente 3. anelo 4. aflição
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 anseio
- anseios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anseio?
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈsej.u/
- Brazil [ɐ̃ˈseɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈsɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anseio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anseio in Portuguese?
anseio appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).