requinte
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/
requinte is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Requinte is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “refinement; sophistication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of requintar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apuro extremo ou excessivo”.
What does requinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefinement; sophistication
- 2
masculineperfection
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. apuro extremo ou excessivo 2. excesso friamente calculado
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 requinte
- requintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce requinte?
- Brazil /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [heˈkĩ.t͡ʃi]
- /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to requinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is requinte in Portuguese?
requinte 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).