minúsculo
Portuguese, adjective/miˈnus.ku.lu/
minúsculo is spelled M-I-N-Ú-S-C-U-L-O (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minúsculo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “muito pequeno, miúdo, insignificante”.
What does minúsculo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)
- 2
minuscule; lower-case (written in minuscules)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. muito pequeno, miúdo, insignificante: 2. pouco valioso, de pouca monta: 3. diz-se dos caracteres pequenos do alfabeto: 4. o mesmo que caixa baixa
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 minúsculo
- minúscula feminine
- minúsculos masculine plural
- minúsculas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minúsculo?
- Brazil /miˈnus.ku.lu/
- /miˈnuʃ.ku.lu/
- Portugal /miˈnuʃ.ku.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minúsculo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minúsculo in Portuguese?
minúsculo 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).