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fresco

Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾes.ku/

fresco is spelled F-R-E-S-C-O (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fresco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nasty, naughty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of frescar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “temperatura fresca”.

What does fresco mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    fresh (new or clean)

    ar fresco

  2. 2

    cool (having a slightly low temperature)

    água fresca

  3. 3

    fresh (not from storage)

    pão fresco

  4. 4

    fresh (not dried)

    ervas frescas

  5. 5

    wet

  6. 6

    informalcheeky, naughty

  7. 7

    Brazilderogatoryinformalfruity; effeminate

  8. 8

    Brazilinformalfussy (tending to complain about petty details)

    Esse seu amigo é muito fresco!

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculinenasty, naughty

  2. 2

    derogatorymasculineslangfruit; effeminate

  3. 3

    masculineslangfusser

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculinefresco

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of frescar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem frescor 2. moderadamente frio 3. refrescado no frigorífico 4. que não está estragado

noun: 1. temperatura fresca 2. tema pintado sobre parede rebocada e por enxugar 3. afresco

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 fresco

  • fresca feminine
  • frescos masculine plural
  • frescas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce fresco?

  • Brazil /ˈfɾes.ku/
  • /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/
  • Portugal /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/

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

English words that translate to fresco

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

How common is fresco in Portuguese?

fresco appears 11 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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