servil
Portuguese, adjective/seʁˈviw/
servil is spelled S-E-R-V-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Servil is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “servile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bajulador”.
What does servil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineservile
- 2
femininemasculinesubservient
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bajulador 2. subserviente
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 servil
- servis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce servil?
- Brazil /seʁˈviw/
- Brazil [seɦˈviʊ̯]
- /seɾˈviw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to servil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is servil in Portuguese?
servil appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).