pubescente
Portuguese, adjective/pu.beˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
pubescente is spelled P-U-B-E-S-C-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pubescente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “pubescent (arriving at puberty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se encontra no período da puberdade (também chamada de pubescência)”.
What does pubescente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepubescent (arriving at puberty)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se encontra no período da puberdade (também chamada de pubescência)
noun: 1. pessoa pubescente
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 pubescente
- pubescentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pubescente?
- Brazil /pu.beˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pu.bɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal [pu.βɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pubescente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pubescente in Portuguese?
pubescente appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).