tontice
Portuguese, noun/tõˈt͡ʃi.si/
tontice is spelled T-O-N-T-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tontice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stupidity; foolishness (the quality of being stupid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tontice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestupidity; foolishness (the quality of being stupid)
- 2
femininestupidity (a stupid act)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tontice
- tontices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tontice?
- Brazil /tõˈt͡ʃi.si/
- Portugal /tõˈti.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tontice in Portuguese?
tontice appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).