acerbo
Portuguese, adjective/aˈsɛʁ.bu/
acerbo is spelled A-C-E-R-B-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acerbo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “acerbic (bitter to the taste)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of acerbar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ácido, azedo”.
What does acerbo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
acerbic (bitter to the taste)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of acerbar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ácido, azedo 2. áspero
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 acerbo
- acerba feminine
- acerbos masculine plural
- acerbas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acerbo?
- Brazil /aˈsɛʁ.bu/
- Brazil [aˈsɛɦ.bu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acerbo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acerbo in Portuguese?
acerbo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).