néscio
Portuguese, noun/ˈnɛ.sju/
néscio is spelled N-É-S-C-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Néscio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “idiot, fool (stupid person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que é néscia”.
What does néscio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ignorant, dumb, not aware of, uneducated
noun
- 1
masculineidiot, fool (stupid person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem instrução, sem discernimento, sem sentido, sem coerência, sem competência, ignorante, estúpido, incapaz, inepto, bronco, lerdo, arrogante
noun: 1. pessoa que é néscia
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 néscio
- néscia feminine
- néscios masculine plural
- néscias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce néscio?
- Brazil /ˈnɛ.sju/
- Portugal /ˈnɛʃ.sju/
- Portugal /ˈnɛ.ʃju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is néscio in Portuguese?
néscio appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).