polêmico
Portuguese, adjective
polêmico is spelled P-O-L-Ê-M-I-C-O (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polêmico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polémico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, polémico is a different word: “polemic”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relacionado à polêmica”.
What does polêmico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polémico
adjective
- 1
polemic
- 2
controversial
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relacionado a polémica 2. que provoca polémica
adjective: 1. relacionado à polêmica 2. que causa polêmica:
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 polêmico
- polémica feminine
- polémicos masculine plural
- polémicas feminine plural
- polêmico alternative Brazil
- polêmica feminine
- polêmicos masculine plural
- polêmicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polêmico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polêmico in Portuguese?
polêmico appears 4.9 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).