sujo
Portuguese, adjective/ˈsu.ʒu/
sujo is spelled S-U-J-O (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,891st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sujo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime; dirty; unclean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sujar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que não está limpo”.
What does sujo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime; dirty; unclean
- 2
offensive to current standards; dirty; obscene; unsavory; immoral
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sujar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. qualidade do que não está limpo 2. portador de sujeira 3. maculado 4. imundo
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 sujo
- suja feminine
- sujos masculine plural
- sujas feminine plural
- mais sujo comparative
- o mais sujo superlative
- sujíssimo superlative
- sujinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sujo?
- Brazil /ˈsu.ʒu/
- Portugal /ˈsu.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sujo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sujo in Portuguese?
sujo appears 17 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).