sexo

English Online Dictionary. What means sexo‎? What does sexo mean?

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛk.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛk.so]

Verb

sexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sexar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sexus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛksu
• Hyphenation: se‧xo

Noun

sexo m (plural sexos)

1. sex
   1. (countable) category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species

   2. (countable) another category, especially for humans and often separable, based on non-physical traits or roles; gender

      Synonyms: (Portugal) género, (Brazil) gênero

   3. (uncountable) sexual activity
   4. (countable) sexual organ, genitalia

      Synonyms: genitália, órgão sexual, órgão genital

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sexar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɡso/ [ˈseɣ̞.so]
• Rhymes: -eɡso
• Syllabification: se‧xo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sexus.

Noun

sexo m (plural sexos)

1. sex (the biological category)
2. (collectively) sex (men or women)
3. sex (the act)
4. sex organ

   Synonym: genitales

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sexar

Further reading

• “sexo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10