sexo
Catalan
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.so/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ksu/
- Rhymes: -ɛksu
- Hyphenation: se‧xo
Noun
sexo m (plural sexos)
- sex
- (countable) category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species
- o sexo masculino
- males
- o sexo feminino
- females
- (countable) another category, especially for humans and often separable, based on non-physical traits or roles; gender
- (uncountable) sexual activity
- (countable) sexual organ, genitalia
- Synonyms: genitália, órgão sexual, órgão genital
- (countable) category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species
References
- “sexo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “sexo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɡso/ [ˈseɣ̞.so]
- Rhymes: -eɡso
- Syllabification: se‧xo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sexo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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