sensível
Portuguese, adjective/sẽˈsi.vew/
sensível is spelled S-E-N-S-Í-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “sensitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é facilmente ou fortemente afetado por algo”.
What does sensível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesensitive
- 2
femininemasculinetender, sore
- 3
femininemasculinesensible
- 4
femininemasculinedelicate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é facilmente ou fortemente afetado por algo 2. que se ofende facilmente 3. dolorido 4. apreciável; grande
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 sensível
- sensíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sensível?
- Brazil /sẽˈsi.vew/
- Brazil [sẽˈsi.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /sẽˈsi.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sensível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sensível in Portuguese?
sensível appears 18 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).