promíscuo
Portuguese, adjective
promíscuo is spelled P-R-O-M-Í-S-C-U-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Promíscuo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “loose; promiscuous (indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, promiscuo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of promiscuir”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “misturado, indistinto, confuso”.
What does promíscuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loose; promiscuous (indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners)
- 2
promiscuous (of disorderly composition)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of promiscuir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. misturado, indistinto, confuso 2. indiscriminado 3. em que se alega haver degradação moral 4. que tem vários parceiros sexuais
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 promíscuo
- promíscua feminine
- promíscuos masculine plural
- promíscuas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to promíscuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is promíscuo in Portuguese?
promíscuo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).