céptico
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛp.t͡ʃi.ku/
céptico is spelled C-É-P-T-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Céptico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cético; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does céptico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cético; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cético; 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. descrente, incrédulo.
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 céptico
- céptica feminine
- cépticos masculine plural
- cépticas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce céptico?
- Brazil /ˈsɛp.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.pi.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈsɛp.ti.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to céptico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is céptico in Portuguese?
céptico appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).