embaraçoso
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.ba.ɾaˈso.zu/
embaraçoso is spelled E-M-B-A-R-A-Ç-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embaraçoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “embarrassing (causing embarrassment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa embaraço, vergonha”.
What does embaraçoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
embarrassing (causing embarrassment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa embaraço, vergonha 2. que estorva 3. dificultoso
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 embaraçoso
- embaraçosa feminine
- embaraçosos masculine plural
- embaraçosas feminine plural
- mais embaraçoso comparative
- o mais embaraçoso superlative
- embaraçosíssimo superlative
- metaphonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embaraçoso?
- Brazil /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈso.zu/
- Brazil /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈso.zu/
- Portugal /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐˈso.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embaraçoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embaraçoso in Portuguese?
embaraçoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).