inseto
Portuguese, noun/ĩˈsɛ.tu/
inseto is spelled I-N-S-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inseto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “insect (arthropod of class Insecta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal artrópode, com exoesqueleto quitinoso, de seis patas, usualmente alado (um ou dois pares de asas)…”.
What does inseto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinsect (arthropod of class Insecta)
- 2
datedmasculineinsect; bug (any small arthropod)
- 3
derogatorymasculineinsect (a contemptible or powerless person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. animal artrópode, com exoesqueleto quitinoso, de seis patas, usualmente alado (um ou dois pares de asas), pertencente à classe Insecta 2. espécime referente aos insetos
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 inseto
- insetos plural
- insecto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inseto?
- Brazil /ĩˈsɛ.tu/
- Portugal /ĩˈsɛ.tu/
- /ĩ.ˈsɛ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inseto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inseto in Portuguese?
inseto appears 7.6 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).