untuoso
Portuguese, adjective/ũ.tuˈo.zu/
untuoso is spelled U-N-T-U-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untuoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “greasy, oily, unctuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem unto, gordura, óleo; gorduroso; oleoso”.
What does untuoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
greasy, oily, unctuous
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem unto, gordura, óleo; gorduroso; oleoso 2. que recebeu aplicação de óleo; lubrificado 3. que é muito corpulento, gordo 4. que transmite sensação de brandura, suavidade, meiguice
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 untuoso
- untuosa feminine
- untuosos masculine plural
- untuosas 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 untuoso?
- Brazil /ũ.tuˈo.zu/
- Brazil /ũˈtwo.zu/
- Portugal /ũˈtwo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to untuoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is untuoso in Portuguese?
untuoso appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).