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belicoso

Portuguese, noun/be.liˈko.zu/

belicoso is spelled B-E-L-I-C-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belicoso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aggressive, combative, quarrelsome person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does belicoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bellicose, warlike

  2. 2

    synonym of bélico

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaggressive, combative, quarrelsome person

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. guerreiro 2. agressivo, agitado 3. que incita à guerra

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 belicoso

  • belicosa feminine
  • belicosos masculine plural
  • belicosas feminine plural
  • metaphonic feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce belicoso?

  • Brazil /be.liˈko.zu/
  • Portugal /bɨ.liˈko.zu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to belicoso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is belicoso in Portuguese?

belicoso appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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