clítico
Portuguese, noun/ˈkli.t͡ʃi.ku/
clítico is spelled C-L-Í-T-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clítico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clitic (morpheme attached to another word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does clítico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclitic (morpheme attached to another word)
adjective
- 1
clitic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do vocábulo átono (geralmente preposição ou pronome) que na pronúncia se liga ao vocábulo que o precede ou sucede
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 clítico
- clíticos plural
- clítica feminine
- clíticas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clítico?
- Brazil /ˈkli.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈkli.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 clítico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clítico in Portuguese?
clítico appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).