mimoso
Portuguese, adjective/miˈmo.zu/
mimoso is spelled M-I-M-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cuddly, affectionate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem mimo”.
What does mimoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cuddly, affectionate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem mimo 2. meigo, carinhoso 3. brando 4. delicado
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 mimoso
- mimosa feminine
- mimosos masculine plural
- mimosas feminine plural
- mais mimoso comparative
- o mais mimoso superlative
- mimosíssimo superlative
- mimosinho diminutive
- mimosão augmentative
- metaphonic augmentative
- mais mimosa comparative feminine singular
- mais mimosos comparative masculine plural
- mais mimosas comparative feminine plural
- mimosíssima feminine singular superlative
- mimosíssimos masculine plural superlative
- mimosíssimas feminine plural superlative
- mimosona augmentative feminine singular
- mimosões augmentative masculine plural
- mimosonas augmentative feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mimoso?
- Brazil /miˈmo.zu/
- Portugal /miˈmo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mimoso in Portuguese?
mimoso appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).