espécie
Portuguese, noun/isˈpɛ.s(j)i/
espécie is spelled E-S-P-É-C-I-E (7 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,337th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espécie is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “divisão do gênero ou do sub-gênero”.
What does espécie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespecies
Darwin escreveu "A origem das espécies".
- 2
femininetype, sort, kind
Que espécie de idiota é ele?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. divisão do gênero ou do sub-gênero 2. natureza 3. qualidade 4. modo
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 espécie
- espécies plural
- espécia alternative dialectal obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espécie?
- Brazil /isˈpɛ.s(j)i/
- Brazil /esˈpɛ.s(j)i/
- /iʃˈpɛ.s(j)i/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espécie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espécie in Portuguese?
espécie appears 72 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).