auspício
Portuguese, noun/awsˈpi.sju/
auspício is spelled A-U-S-P-Í-C-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auspício is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “omen, foreknowledge (either good or bad)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “presságio, obtido da vista, voo, canto, número ou maneira de comer das aves”.
What does auspício mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineomen, foreknowledge (either good or bad)
- 2
masculineexpression of support (financial or otherwise) or protection
- 3
masculineobsoleteprophecy based on how birds behaved
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. presságio, obtido da vista, voo, canto, número ou maneira de comer das aves 2. agouro (bom ou mal) 3. proteção; direção, patrocínio, conselho ou assistência
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 auspício
- auspícios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auspício?
- Brazil /awsˈpi.sju/
- Brazil [aʊ̯sˈpi.sju]
- /awʃˈpi.sju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is auspício in Portuguese?
auspício 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).