sexy
Portuguese, adjective/ˈsɛk.si/
sexy is spelled S-E-X-Y (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sexy is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sexy (having sexual appeal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver sexual (que tem características sensuais que despertam o libido ou interesse sexual)”.
What does sexy mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sexy (having sexual appeal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ver sexual (que tem características sensuais que despertam o libido ou interesse sexual) 2. ver sensual
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.
How do you pronounce sexy?
- Brazil /ˈsɛk.si/
- Brazil /ˈsɛks/
- /ˈsɛk.si/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sexy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sexy in Portuguese?
sexy appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).