esquisso

Portuguese, noun/isˈki.su/

esquisso is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-S-S-O (8 letters). Esquisso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sketch (quick freehand drawing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of esquissar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “delineamento, esboço, primeiros traços de um desenho”.

What does esquisso mean in English?

noun

1
masculinesketch (quick freehand drawing)

verb

1
first-person singular present indicative of esquissar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. delineamento, esboço, primeiros traços de um desenho

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 esquisso

esquissos plural

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

How do you pronounce esquisso?

Brazil /isˈki.su/
Brazil /esˈki.su/
/iʃˈki.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 esquisso

sketch

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