enguiço
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈɡi.su/
enguiço is spelled E-N-G-U-I-Ç-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enguiço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “curse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of enguiçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mau-olhado”.
What does enguiço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurse
- 2
masculinebreakdown
- 3
masculineimpediment, snag
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of enguiçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mau-olhado 2. empecilho 3. mal funcionamento de uma máquina
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 enguiço
- enguiços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enguiço?
- Brazil /ẽˈɡi.su/
- Brazil /ĩˈɡi.su/
- Portugal /ẽˈɡi.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enguiço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enguiço in Portuguese?
enguiço appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).