subserviente
Portuguese, adjective/su.bi.seʁ.viˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
subserviente is spelled S-U-B-S-E-R-V-I-E-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subserviente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “submissive; subservient (meekly obedient or passive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade daquele que presta serviço com demasiada submissão”.
What does subserviente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesubmissive; subservient (meekly obedient or passive)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. qualidade daquele que presta serviço com demasiada submissão
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 subserviente
- subservientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subserviente?
- Brazil /su.bi.seʁ.viˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [su.bi.seɦ.viˈẽ.t͡ʃi]
- Brazil /su.bi.seʁˈvjẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subserviente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subserviente in Portuguese?
subserviente 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).