suspeito
Portuguese, noun/susˈpej.tu/
suspeito is spelled S-U-S-P-E-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suspeito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “suspect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of suspeitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem causa suspeitas”.
What does suspeito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
suspicious, suspect
noun
- 1
masculinesuspect
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of suspeitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa suspeitas 2. que não inspira confiança 3. duvidoso
noun: 1. quem causa suspeitas 2. quem não inspira confiança 3. duvidoso
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 suspeito
- suspeita feminine
- suspeitos masculine plural
- suspeitas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suspeito?
- Brazil /susˈpej.tu/
- Brazil [susˈpeɪ̯.tu]
- /suʃˈpej.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 suspeito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suspeito in Portuguese?
suspeito appears 25 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).