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auto-suficiente

Portuguese, adjective

auto-suficiente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of autossuficiente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se basta a si mesmo; que não precisa de nada do exterior”.

What does auto-suficiente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of autossuficiente; 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. que se basta a si mesmo; que não precisa de nada do exterior

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 auto-suficiente

  • auto-suficientes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).