cheio
Portuguese, adjective/ˈʃej.u/
cheio is spelled C-H-E-I-O (5 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheio is a Portuguese adjective meaning “full, filled, completed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “completamente preenchido; que contém o máximo que pode conter”.
What does cheio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
full, filled, completed
A rua está cheia de trânsito.
- 2
covered
A rua está cheia de óleo.
- 3
full (of people), crowded (having a large number of people)
O shopping tá cheio hoje, é melhor a gente voltar outro dia.
- 4
fat, well-fed
- 5
fed up, tired, annoyed
Estou cheio dele.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. completamente preenchido; que contém o máximo que pode conter 2. abundante, bem suprido 3. ocupado com algo 4. muito bem nutrido
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 cheio
- cheia feminine
- cheios masculine plural
- cheias feminine plural
- mais cheio comparative
- o mais cheio superlative
- cheiíssimo superlative
- cheiinho diminutive
- cheião augmentative
- cheo alternative
- cheyo alternative
- tcheio alternative
- chêi alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheio?
- Brazil /ˈʃej.u/
- Brazil [ˈʃeɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ˈʃɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cheio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cheio in Portuguese?
cheio appears 68 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).