rançoso
Portuguese, adjective/ʁɐ̃ˈso.zu/
rançoso is spelled R-A-N-Ç-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rançoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “stale (having lost its freshness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem ranço, que mudou de cor e sabor, por tempo demais guardado”.
What does rançoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stale (having lost its freshness)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem ranço, que mudou de cor e sabor, por tempo demais guardado 2. vingativo
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 rançoso
- rançosa feminine
- rançosos masculine plural
- rançosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rançoso?
- Brazil /ʁɐ̃ˈso.zu/
- Brazil [hɐ̃ˈso.zu]
- /ʁɐ̃ˈso.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 rançoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rançoso in Portuguese?
rançoso appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).