ocioso
Portuguese, adjective/o.siˈo.zu/
ocioso is spelled O-C-I-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não trabalha; desocupado; inativo”.
What does ocioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment)
- 2
lazy; work-shy
- 3
when there is nothing to do
- 4
not being used
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não trabalha; desocupado; inativo 2. em que há ócio 3. que vive na ociosidade; preguiçoso, mandrião, vadio 4. improdutivo, improfícuo, estéril
noun: 1. indivíduo ocioso
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 ocioso
- ociosa feminine
- ociosos masculine plural
- ociosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocioso?
- Brazil /o.siˈo.zu/
- Brazil /oˈsjo.zu/
- Portugal /ɔˈsjo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ocioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocioso in Portuguese?
ocioso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).