símile
Portuguese, noun/ˈsĩ.mi.li/
símile is spelled S-Í-M-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Símile is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “simile (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does símile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesimile (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of símile
- símiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce símile?
- Brazil /ˈsĩ.mi.li/
- Portugal /ˈsi.mi.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to símile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is símile in Portuguese?
símile appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).