supérfluo
Portuguese, noun/suˈpɛʁ.fl(w)u/
supérfluo is spelled S-U-P-É-R-F-L-U-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supérfluo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “superfluity (something that is superfluous)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does supérfluo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
superfluous (more than is sufficient)
noun
- 1
masculinesuperfluity (something that is superfluous)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. demasiado 2. desnecessário 3. excessivo 4. dispendioso
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 supérfluo
- supérflua feminine
- supérfluos masculine plural
- supérfluas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce supérfluo?
- Brazil /suˈpɛʁ.fl(w)u/
- Brazil [suˈpɛh.fl(w)u]
- /suˈpɛɾ.fl(w)u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to supérfluo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is supérfluo in Portuguese?
supérfluo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).