seio
Portuguese, noun/ˈsej.u/
seio is spelled S-E-I-O (4 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “breast, bosom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “curvatura, sinuosidade”.
What does seio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreast, bosom
- 2
masculinewomb
- 3
masculinecenter, heart
- 4
masculinesinus
- 5
masculinerarechest
- 6
masculinebay, gulf
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. curvatura, sinuosidade 2. o peito humano 3. cada uma das glândulas mamárias femininas 4. parte íntima; âmago
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 seio
- seios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seio?
- Brazil /ˈsej.u/
- Brazil [ˈseɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ˈsɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seio in Portuguese?
seio appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).