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exíguo

Portuguese, adjective/eˈzi.ɡwu/

exíguo is spelled E-X-Í-G-U-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exíguo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “exiguous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem dimensão pequena”.

What does exíguo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    exiguous

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem dimensão pequena 2. diminuto 3. escasso

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 exíguo

  • exígua feminine
  • exíguos masculine plural
  • exíguas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce exíguo?

  • Brazil /eˈzi.ɡwu/
  • Portugal /iˈzi.ɡwu/
  • Portugal [iˈzi.ɣwu]

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

English words that translate to exíguo

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

How common is exíguo in Portuguese?

exíguo appears about once in every 7 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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