quixote
Portuguese, noun/kiˈʃɔ.t͡ʃi/
quixote is spelled Q-U-I-X-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quixote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Quixote (naive idealist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo ingênuo e generoso, que luta em vão contra ditas injustiças”.
What does quixote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineQuixote (naive idealist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo ingênuo e generoso, que luta em vão contra ditas injustiças
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 quixote
- quixotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quixote?
- Brazil /kiˈʃɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kiˈʃɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quixote in Portuguese?
quixote appears 2.0 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).