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hirsuto

Portuguese, adjective/iʁˈsu.tu/

hirsuto is spelled H-I-R-S-U-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirsuto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hirsute; hairy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de pelos longos, duros e espessos”.

What does hirsuto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hirsute; hairy

  2. 2

    unkempt, dishevelled

  3. 3

    boorish, rude (lacking manners)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. de pelos longos, duros e espessos 2. eriçado

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 hirsuto

  • hirsuta feminine
  • hirsutos masculine plural
  • hirsutas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce hirsuto?

  • Brazil /iʁˈsu.tu/
  • Brazil [ihˈsu.tu]
  • /iɾˈsu.tu/

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

How common is hirsuto in Portuguese?

hirsuto appears about once in every 59 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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