masculino
Portuguese, noun/mas.kuˈlĩ.nu/
masculino is spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-O (9 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masculino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “masculine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero masculino”.
What does masculino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculinemasculine, male
- 2
men's
basquete masculino
- 3
masculine
noun
- 1
masculinemasculine
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculineclipping of time masculino (“men's team”)
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculineclipping of campeonato masculino (“men's championship”)
- 4
masculinemale individual
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente ao homem, ao macho 2. próprio do macho 3. diz-se da categoria do gênero gramatical a que pertencem os seres do sexo masculino 4. que tem masculinidade, másculo
noun: 1. gênero masculino
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 masculino
- masculina feminine
- masculinos masculine plural
- masculinas feminine plural
- feminino feminine
- femininos feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce masculino?
- Brazil /mas.kuˈlĩ.nu/
- /maʃ.kuˈlĩ.nu/
- Portugal /mɐʃ.kuˈli.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to masculino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is masculino in Portuguese?
masculino appears 27 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).