indício
Portuguese, noun
indício is spelled I-N-D-Í-C-I-O (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indício is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “indication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, indicio is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of indiciar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vestígio, laivo”.
What does indício mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineindication
- 2
masculinehint
- 3
masculinesign, signal
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of indiciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vestígio, laivo 2. sinal 3. indicação 4. circunstância indicativa da existência de um delito e que possibilita formular hipóteses sobre a sua autoria e demais aspectos, podendo constituir prova, em processo judicial
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 indício
- indícios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to indício
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indício in Portuguese?
indício appears 2.5 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).