sedoso
Portuguese, adjective/seˈdo.zu/
sedoso is spelled S-E-D-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sedoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “silky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “liso, macio e brilhante como a seda”.
What does sedoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
silky
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. liso, macio e brilhante como a seda 2. que tem sedas (pelos ásperos)
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 sedoso
- sedosa feminine
- sedosos masculine plural
- sedosas 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 sedoso?
- Brazil /seˈdo.zu/
- Portugal /sɨˈdo.zu/
- Portugal [sɨˈðo.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 sedoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sedoso in Portuguese?
sedoso 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).