semancol
Portuguese, noun/si.mɐ̃ˈkɔw/
semancol is spelled S-E-M-A-N-C-O-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semancol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the ability to gauge one's own actions as appropriate or not; the ability of reading the room” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capacidade de perceber ou dar importância ao fato de que se está sendo ou agindo de forma inconveniente ou…”.
What does semancol mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialmasculinethe ability to gauge one's own actions as appropriate or not; the ability of reading the room.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capacidade de perceber ou dar importância ao fato de que se está sendo ou agindo de forma inconveniente ou inapropriada em relação a outra ou outras pessoas
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.
How do you pronounce semancol?
- Brazil /si.mɐ̃ˈkɔw/
- Brazil [si.mɐ̃ˈkɔʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is semancol in Portuguese?
semancol appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).