queixo
Portuguese, noun/ˈke(j).ʃu/
queixo is spelled Q-U-E-I-X-O (6 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Queixo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chin (bottom of the face)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of queixar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer das maxilas dos animais vertebrados”.
What does queixo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechin (bottom of the face)
- 2
masculineeach of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of queixar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer das maxilas dos animais vertebrados 2. a maxila inferior
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 queixo
- queixos plural
- queyxo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce queixo?
- Brazil /ˈke(j).ʃu/
- Brazil [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]
- Portugal /ˈkɐj.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to queixo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is queixo in Portuguese?
queixo appears 5.6 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).