escorregadio
Portuguese, adjective/is.ko.ʁe.ɡaˈd͡ʒi.u/
escorregadio is spelled E-S-C-O-R-R-E-G-A-D-I-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escorregadio is a Portuguese adjective meaning “slippery (hard to stand on without falling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que escorrega, que é inseguro o fincar firme no chão; lúbrico”.
What does escorregadio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slippery (hard to stand on without falling)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que escorrega, que é inseguro o fincar firme no chão; lúbrico
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 escorregadio
- escorregadia feminine
- escorregadios masculine plural
- escorregadias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escorregadio?
- Brazil /is.ko.ʁe.ɡaˈd͡ʒi.u/
- Brazil [is.ko.he.ɡaˈd͡ʒi.u]
- Brazil /is.ko.ʁe.ɡaˈd͡ʒiw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escorregadio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escorregadio in Portuguese?
escorregadio 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).