sic
Portuguese, adverb/ˈsi.ki/
sic is spelled S-I-C (3 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sic is a Portuguese adverb meaning “sic (used to indicate that a quoted word has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver tal e qual, exatamente, assim”.
What does sic mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sic (used to indicate that a quoted word has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. ver tal e qual, exatamente, assim
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 sic?
- Brazil /ˈsi.ki/
- Brazil /ˈsik/
- Portugal /ˈsik/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sic in Portuguese?
sic appears 9.3 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).