sestércio
Portuguese, noun/sesˈtɛʁ.sju/
sestércio is spelled S-E-S-T-É-R-C-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese, the 229,473rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sestércio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sestertius (Roman coin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antiga moeda romana”.
What does sestércio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesestertius (Roman coin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiga moeda romana
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 sestércio
- sestércios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sestércio?
- Brazil /sesˈtɛʁ.sju/
- Brazil [sesˈtɛh.sju]
- /sesˈtɛɾ.sju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sestércio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sestércio in Portuguese?
sestércio appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).