oxente
Portuguese, interjection/oˈʃẽ.t͡ʃi/
oxente is a Portuguese interjection meaning “expresses surprise, dismay or admiration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exprime espanto, surpresa, ou indagação”.
What does oxente mean in English?
interjection
- 1
expresses surprise, dismay or admiration
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. exprime espanto, surpresa, ou indagação
interjection: 1. ver oxente
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 oxente
- oxente! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oxente?
- Brazil /oˈʃẽ.t͡ʃi/
- /oˈʃẽ.ti/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oxente in Portuguese?
oxente appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).