cético
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/
cético is spelled C-É-T-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cético is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “skeptic / sceptic (someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partidário do ceticismo”.
What does cético mean in English?
adjective
- 1
skeptical / sceptical (having or expressing doubt)
noun
- 1
masculineskeptic / sceptic (someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que ou aquele que duvida, questiona, não confia; descrente 2. relativo ao ceticismo 3. aquele que precisa ver para crer 4. questionador contumaz; que não trabalha com dogmas
noun: 1. partidário do ceticismo
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 cético
- cética feminine
- céticos masculine plural
- céticas feminine plural
- céptico alternative
- scéptico alternative
- sceptico alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cético?
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈsɛ.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 cético
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cético in Portuguese?
cético appears 1.9 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).