vício
Portuguese, noun
vício is spelled V-Í-C-I-O (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vício is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, vicio is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “defeito”.
What does vício mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevice
- 2
masculinedefect
- 3
masculineaddiction
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vício
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of viciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. defeito 2. tendência habitual para certo mal 3. irregularidade num ato judicial
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 vício
- vicios plural
- vícios plural
- vicio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vício
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vício in Portuguese?
vício appears 10 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).