inciso
Portuguese, noun/ĩˈsi.zu/
inciso is spelled I-N-C-I-S-O (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,080th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inciso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “subheading, especially within law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of incisar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “frase, geralmente curta e incisiva, que se encaixa noutra, mais longa, interrompendo-lhe a sequência mas…”.
What does inciso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesubheading, especially within law
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of incisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ferido com objeto cortante 2. cortado 3. (estilo) conciso 4. que apresenta recortes profundos e irregulares
noun: 1. frase, geralmente curta e incisiva, que se encaixa noutra, mais longa, interrompendo-lhe a sequência mas agregando-lhe alguma informação adicional 2. cada um dos membros de uma frase musical 3. subdivisão de um artigo de lei, que pode, ou não, conter alíneas
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 inciso
- incisos plural
- § alternative symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inciso?
- Brazil /ĩˈsi.zu/
- Portugal /ĩˈsi.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inciso in Portuguese?
inciso appears 2.6 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).