sexteto
Portuguese, noun/sesˈte.tu/
sexteto is spelled S-E-X-T-E-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sexteto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “music composition in six parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composição musical, própria para ser executada por seis vozes ou seis instrumentos”.
What does sexteto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemusic composition in six parts
- 2
masculinesix musicians who perform a piece of music together
- 3
masculinegroup of six (things or people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composição musical, própria para ser executada por seis vozes ou seis instrumentos 2. grupo de seis 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.
Forms of sexteto
- sextetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sexteto?
- Brazil /sesˈte.tu/
- /seʃˈte.tu/
- Portugal /sɐjʃˈte.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sexteto in Portuguese?
sexteto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).