demissexual
Portuguese, noun/ˌdẽ.mi.sek.suˈaw/
demissexual is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a demisexual person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que só sente atração sexual após a formação de forte vínculo emocional”.
What does demissexual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedemisexual
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea demisexual person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de pessoa que só sente atração sexual após a formação de forte vínculo emocional
noun: 1. pessoa que só sente atração sexual após a formação de forte vínculo emocional
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 demissexual
- demissexuais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce demissexual?
- Brazil /ˌdẽ.mi.sek.suˈaw/
- Brazil [ˌdẽ.mi.sek.suˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˌdẽ.mi.sekˈswaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to demissexual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is demissexual in Portuguese?
demissexual appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).