assassino
Portuguese, noun/a.saˈsĩ.nu/
assassino is spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-O (9 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assassino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “killer, murderer, assassin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of assassinar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa assassina”.
What does assassino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
murderous
noun
- 1
masculinekiller, murderer, assassin
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of assassinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que retira a vida a outro ser humano (que comete assassinato ou assassínio) 2. mortífero
noun: 1. pessoa assassina 2. indivíduo que com ações ou omissões retira a vida a seres viventes que possuam capacidade de demonstrar afeto, ou destrói indiscriminadamente a fauna e a flora de uma região
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 assassino
- assassina feminine
- assassinos masculine plural
- assassinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assassino?
- Brazil /a.saˈsĩ.nu/
- Portugal /ɐ.sɐˈsi.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assassino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assassino in Portuguese?
assassino appears 18 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).