picaresco
Portuguese, adjective/pi.kaˈɾes.ku/
picaresco is spelled P-I-C-A-R-E-S-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picaresco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “picaresque (relating to or characteristic of a rogue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does picaresco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
picaresque (relating to or characteristic of a rogue)
- 2
burlesque, comical, ridiculous
- 3
picaresque (which is based on the narrative, often autodiegetic and satirical, of the adventures of a character, generally of low status, who lives by means that are not always honest)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of picaresco
- picaresca feminine
- picarescos masculine plural
- picarescas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picaresco?
- Brazil /pi.kaˈɾes.ku/
- /pi.kaˈɾeʃ.ku/
- Portugal /pi.kɐˈɾeʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picaresco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picaresco in Portuguese?
picaresco appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).