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seboso

Portuguese, noun/seˈbo.zu/

seboso is spelled S-E-B-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seboso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a filthy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo imundo”.

What does seboso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    covered in sebum

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea filthy person

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo ao sebo 2. sujo de sebo ou de qualquer outra substância oleosa 3. imundo

noun: 1. indivíduo imundo

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 seboso

  • sebosa feminine
  • sebosos masculine plural
  • sebosas 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 seboso?

  • Brazil /seˈbo.zu/
  • Portugal /sɨˈbo.zu/
  • Portugal [sɨˈβo.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 seboso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is seboso in Portuguese?

seboso appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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