espesso
Portuguese, adjective/isˈpe.su/
espesso is spelled E-S-P-E-S-S-O (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espesso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “dense, compact, opaque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denso; compacto; opaco”.
What does espesso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dense, compact, opaque
- 2
thick
- 3
leafy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. denso; compacto; opaco 2. consistente; grosso 3. copado; frondoso
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 espesso
- espessa feminine
- espessos masculine plural
- espessas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espesso?
- Brazil /isˈpe.su/
- Brazil /esˈpe.su/
- /iʃˈpe.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 espesso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espesso in Portuguese?
espesso appears 1.5 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).