péssimo
Portuguese, adjective/ˈpɛ.si.mu/
péssimo is spelled P-É-S-S-I-M-O (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,891st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péssimo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “superlative degree of mau: very bad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “muito mau, ruim”.
What does péssimo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
superlative degree of mau: very bad
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. muito mau, ruim
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 péssimo
- péssima feminine
- péssimos masculine plural
- péssimas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péssimo?
- Brazil /ˈpɛ.si.mu/
- Portugal /ˈpɛ.si.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péssimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péssimo in Portuguese?
péssimo appears 17 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).