preguiçoso
Portuguese, adjective/pɾe.ɡiˈso.zu/
preguiçoso is spelled P-R-E-G-U-I-Ç-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preguiçoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “lazy (unwilling to make an effort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem preguiça”.
What does preguiçoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lazy (unwilling to make an effort)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem preguiça 2. mandrião 3. lento, vagaroso 4. indolente
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 preguiçoso
- preguiçosa feminine
- preguiçosos masculine plural
- preguiçosas feminine plural
- mais preguiçoso comparative
- o mais preguiçoso superlative
- preguiçosíssimo superlative
- metaphonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preguiçoso?
- Brazil /pɾe.ɡiˈso.zu/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.ɡiˈso.zu/
- Portugal [pɾɨ.ɣiˈso.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 preguiçoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preguiçoso in Portuguese?
preguiçoso appears 5.5 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).