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esquisito

Portuguese, noun/is.kiˈzi.tu/

esquisito is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-S-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquisito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “weirdo (strange person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does esquisito mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    strange; weird (not normal)

  2. 2

    picky; particular (demanding to have things just right)

  3. 3

    obsoleteexquisite (especially fine)

noun

  1. 1

    derogatorymasculineweirdo (strange person)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. estranho; incomum

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 esquisito

  • esquisita feminine
  • esquisitos masculine plural
  • esquisitas feminine plural
  • o mais esquisito superlative
  • esquisitinho diminutive
  • esquisitão augmentative
  • exquisito alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce esquisito?

  • Brazil /is.kiˈzi.tu/
  • Brazil /es.kiˈzi.tu/
  • /iʃ.kiˈzi.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to esquisito

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is esquisito in Portuguese?

esquisito appears 3.9 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).

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