obsequioso

adj

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The verdict

“obsequioso” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que presta obséquios; o mesmo que obsequiador:

Corpus desk

Index PT-obsequioso · obsequioso · Portuguese

obsequioso · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for obsequioso
PropertyValue
Headwordobsequioso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “obsequioso” sits in Portuguese frequency

obsequiosoranks outside the top 100,000 Portuguese headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

obsequioso is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for obsequioso in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is obsequioso, spelled O-B-S-E-Q-U-I-O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que presta obséquios; o mesmo que obsequiador:
  2. 2
    condescendente; gentil; benéfico; generoso

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how obsequioso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quando surge um caso de corrupção, o silêncio obsequioso se escuda numa espécie de rouba-mas-faz-obra-social.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obsequioso"?
"obsequioso" is spelled O-B-S-E-Q-U-I-O-S-O.
What does "obsequioso" mean?
As an adjective, "obsequioso" means: que presta obséquios; o mesmo que obsequiador:
What language does "obsequioso" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list