subespécie
Portuguese, noun/su.bisˈpɛ.s(j)i/
subespécie is spelled S-U-B-E-S-P-É-C-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subespécie is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “subspecies (rank below a species)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “categoria taxonômica em que se divide a espécie, quando esta comporta mais de um tipo bem definido; variedade”.
What does subespécie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubspecies (rank below a species)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. categoria taxonômica em que se divide a espécie, quando esta comporta mais de um tipo bem definido; variedade
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 subespécie
- subespécies plural
- subespecie alternative
- sub-especie alternative
- sub-espécie alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subespécie?
- Brazil /su.bisˈpɛ.s(j)i/
- Brazil /su.besˈpɛ.s(j)i/
- Brazil /ˌsu.bi.isˈpɛ.s(j)i/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subespécie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subespécie in Portuguese?
subespécie appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).