tóxico
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɔk.si.ku/
tóxico is spelled T-Ó-X-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tóxico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “poison (substance harmful to a living organism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veneno”.
What does tóxico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoison (substance harmful to a living organism)
- 2
masculinea recreational drug
adjective
- 1
toxic (harmful to a living organism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que envenena 2. que produz efeitos nocivos ao organismo
noun: 1. veneno 2. o que produz efeitos nocivos ao organismo
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 tóxico
- tóxicos plural
- tóxica feminine
- tóxicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tóxico?
- Brazil /ˈtɔk.si.ku/
- Brazil /ˈtɔ.ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈtɔk.si.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tóxico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tóxico in Portuguese?
tóxico appears 4.4 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).