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sexagenário

Portuguese, noun/ˌsɛk.sa.ʒeˈna.ɾju/

sexagenário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sexagenarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que alcançou os 60 anos de idade”.

What does sexagenário mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sexagenarian

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesexagenarian

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se de pessoa ou coisa que alcançou os 60 anos de idade

noun: 1. pessoa que alcançou os 60 anos de idade

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 sexagenário

  • sexagenária feminine
  • sexagenários masculine plural
  • sexagenárias feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sexagenário?

  • Brazil /ˌsɛk.sa.ʒeˈna.ɾju/
  • Portugal /ˌsɛk.sɐ.ʒɨˈna.ɾju/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sexagenário

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sexagenário in Portuguese?

sexagenário appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).