resquício
Portuguese, noun/ʁesˈki.sju/
resquício is spelled R-E-S-Q-U-Í-C-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resquício is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “residue (whatever remains after something else has been removed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno resíduo”.
What does resquício mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresidue (whatever remains after something else has been removed)
- 2
masculinehint (small, barely detectable amount of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno resíduo 2. vestígio, laivo
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 resquício
- resquícios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resquício?
- Brazil /ʁesˈki.sju/
- Brazil [hesˈki.sju]
- /ʁeʃˈki.sju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to resquício
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resquício in Portuguese?
resquício appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).