baixeza
Portuguese, noun/bajˈʃe.zɐ/
baixeza is spelled B-A-I-X-E-Z-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baixeza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “inferiority (quality of what is below)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica ou estado do que é baixo ou do que está embaixo; pouca altura; pequenez”.
What does baixeza mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinferiority (quality of what is below)
- 2
feminineindignity, vileness (incorrect attitude, vile act)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. característica ou estado do que é baixo ou do que está embaixo; pouca altura; pequenez 2. falta de dignidade; ação vil; indignidade, vileza, baixura 3. sentimento de inferioridade social; servilismo
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 baixeza
- baixezas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baixeza?
- Brazil /bajˈʃe.zɐ/
- Brazil [baɪ̯ˈʃe.zɐ]
- Portugal /bajˈʃe.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is baixeza in Portuguese?
baixeza appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).