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suposto

Portuguese, noun/suˈpos.tu/

suposto is spelled S-U-P-O-S-T-O (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suposto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fact that can stand by itself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of supor. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que subsiste por si”.

What does suposto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    supposed

  2. 2

    assumed

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefact that can stand by itself

  2. 2

    masculinesupposition

  3. 3

    masculineconjecture, hypothesis

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of supor

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. fictício; hipotético

preposition: 1. posto; embora

noun: 1. aquilo que subsiste por si 2. substância; coisa suposta

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 suposto

  • suposta feminine
  • supostos masculine plural
  • supostas feminine plural
  • metaphonic feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce suposto?

  • Brazil /suˈpos.tu/
  • /suˈpoʃ.tu/
  • Portugal /suˈpoʃ.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to suposto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is suposto in Portuguese?

suposto appears 19 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).

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