macio
Portuguese, adjective/maˈsi.u/
macio is spelled M-A-C-I-O (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macio is a Portuguese adjective meaning “soft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é suave aos sentidos. aveludado”.
What does macio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
soft
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é suave aos sentidos. aveludado 2. sem rugosidade, plano, liso 3. que transmite prazer; que agrada
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 macio
- macia feminine
- macios masculine plural
- macias feminine plural
- mais macio comparative
- o mais macio superlative
- maciíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macio?
- Brazil /maˈsi.u/
- Brazil /maˈsiw/
- Brazil [maˈsiʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macio in Portuguese?
macio appears 3.8 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).