Polyglot Dictionary

indício

/ĩˈdʒisju/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os indícios

Meaning

  1. clue

    • Há indícios de fraude.

      There are signs of fraud.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pista

indício and pista are close synonyms for "clue"; pista also separately means "track," like a racing track or runway.

Similar in other languages

German

Hinweis

Hinweis is the general word for a hint, tip, or note, used in everyday contexts like instructions or advice; the Portuguese indício specifically means a clue or indication in an investigative sense, evidence pointing toward a conclusion.

English

hint

El portugués indício es muy cercano a rastro, y se relaciona con hint en el mismo sentido.

Practice

1 What does indício mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há ___ de fraude.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches indício?

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