ceroso
Portuguese, adjective/seˈɾo.zu/
ceroso is spelled C-E-R-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ceroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “waxen (having the pale smooth characteristics of wax)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ceroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
waxen (having the pale smooth characteristics of wax)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ceroso
- cerosa feminine
- cerosos masculine plural
- cerosas 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 ceroso?
- Brazil /seˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /sɨˈɾo.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 ceroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ceroso in Portuguese?
ceroso appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).