sextou
Portuguese, interjection/sesˈto(w)/
sextou is spelled S-E-X-T-O-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sextou is a Portuguese interjection meaning “thank God it's Friday” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular preterite indicative of sextar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa alegria pela chegada do fim de semana ou da sexta-feira, muito usado em contextos virtuais…”.
What does sextou mean in English?
interjection
- 1
thank God it's Friday
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of sextar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa alegria pela chegada do fim de semana ou da sexta-feira, muito usado em contextos virtuais, especialmente nas redes sociais, geralmente acompanhado de uma hashtag (#sextou)
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 sextou
- sextou! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sextou?
- Brazil /sesˈto(w)/
- Brazil [sesˈto(ʊ̯)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sextou in Portuguese?
sextou appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).