abuso
Portuguese, noun/aˈbu.zu/
abuso is spelled A-B-U-S-O (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abuso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “abuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of abusar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comportamento inadequado e excessivo”.
What does abuso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabuse
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of abusar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comportamento inadequado e excessivo
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 abuso
- abusos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abuso?
- Brazil /aˈbu.zu/
- Portugal /ɐˈbu.zu/
- Portugal [ɐˈβu.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 abuso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abuso in Portuguese?
abuso appears 18 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).