avesso
Portuguese, noun/aˈve.su/
avesso is spelled A-V-E-S-S-O (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avesso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the inside of an item of clothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of avessar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o lado contrário de algo”.
What does avesso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe inside of an item of clothing
adjective
- 1
averse; against; reluctant; hostile
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of avessar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. contrário, oposto
noun: 1. o lado contrário de algo
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 avesso
- avessos plural
- avessa feminine
- avessas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avesso?
- Brazil /aˈve.su/
- Portugal /ɐˈve.su/
- Portugal /ɐˈbe.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is avesso in Portuguese?
avesso appears 3.7 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).