ciúme
Portuguese, noun/siˈũ.mi/
ciúme is spelled C-I-Ú-M-E (5 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciúme is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jealousy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentimento causado pelo receio de perder, para outro, o afeto da pessoa amada; zelos”.
What does ciúme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejealousy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sentimento causado pelo receio de perder, para outro, o afeto da pessoa amada; zelos 2. a manifestação desse sentimento 3. despeito invejoso
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 ciúme
- ciúmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciúme?
- Brazil /siˈũ.mi/
- Brazil /ˈsjũ.mi/
- Portugal /ˈsju.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciúme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciúme in Portuguese?
ciúme appears 4.8 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).