único
Portuguese, adjective
único is spelled Ú-N-I-C-O (5 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Único is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, unico is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “singular”.
What does único mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unique
- 2
only, single, sole
um único filho
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of único
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. singular 2. do qual não há outro espécime
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 único
- unica feminine
- unicos masculine plural
- unicas feminine plural
- única feminine
- únicos masculine plural
- únicas feminine plural
- unico alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to único
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is único in Portuguese?
único appears 186 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).