autossuficiente
Portuguese, adjective/ˌaw.tu.su.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
autossuficiente is spelled A-U-T-O-S-S-U-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autossuficiente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “self-sufficient; self-sustaining” (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 autossuficiente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineself-sufficient; self-sustaining
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 autossuficiente
- autossuficientes plural
- auto-suficiente alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autossuficiente?
- Brazil /ˌaw.tu.su.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tu.su.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi]
- Brazil /ˌaw.tu.su.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autossuficiente in Portuguese?
autossuficiente appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).