nisso
Portuguese, contraction/ˈni.su/
nisso is spelled N-I-S-S-O (5 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nisso is a Portuguese neuter contraction meaning “contraction of em + isso, literally “in that thing (near you)”: neuter of nesse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo isso”.
What does nisso mean in English?
contraction
- 1
neutercontraction of em + isso, literally “in that thing (near you)”: neuter of nesse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo isso
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.
How do you pronounce nisso?
- Brazil /ˈni.su/
- Portugal /ˈni.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nisso in Portuguese?
nisso appears 68 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).