silencioso
Portuguese, adjective/si.lẽ.siˈo.zu/
silencioso is spelled S-I-L-E-N-C-I-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silencioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “silent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não faz barulho, que não causa ruídos”.
What does silencioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
silent
- 2
quiet
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não faz barulho, que não causa ruídos 2. que está em silêncio 3. que se cala
noun: 1. peça adaptada ao escapamento de um veículo com a função de reduzir o ruído das explosões do combustível
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 silencioso
- silenciosa feminine
- silenciosos masculine plural
- silenciosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silencioso?
- Brazil /si.lẽ.siˈo.zu/
- Brazil /si.lẽˈsjo.zu/
- Portugal /si.lẽˈsjo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silencioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silencioso in Portuguese?
silencioso appears 4.5 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).