receoso
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.seˈo.zu/
receoso is spelled R-E-C-E-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “afraid, fearful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado ou condição de quem tem receio”.
What does receoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
afraid, fearful
- 2
apprehensive
- 3
shy, bashful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. estado ou condição de quem tem receio 2. medroso, pávido 3. tímido, acanhado
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 receoso
- receosa feminine
- receosos masculine plural
- receosas 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 receoso?
- Brazil /ʁe.seˈo.zu/
- Brazil [he.seˈo.zu]
- Brazil /ʁe.siˈo.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 receoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receoso in Portuguese?
receoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).