retórico
Portuguese, adjective/ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
retórico is spelled R-E-T-Ó-R-I-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retórico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rhetorical (relating to or reminiscent of rhetoric)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a retórica”.
What does retórico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rhetorical (relating to or reminiscent of rhetoric)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a retórica
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 retórico
- retórica feminine
- retóricos masculine plural
- retóricas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retórico?
- Brazil /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
- Brazil [heˈtɔ.ɾi.ku]
- /ʁeˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retórico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retórico in Portuguese?
retórico appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).