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aço

Portuguese, noun/ˈa.su/

aço is spelled A-Ç-O (3 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,212th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “steel (alloy of iron and carbon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “liga composta principalmente de ferro e carbono utilizada para a fabricação de utensílios, armas, veículos e…”.

What does aço mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesteel (alloy of iron and carbon)

  2. 2

    masculinevery strong, very resistent

    nervos de aço

  3. 3

    colloquialmasculinecachaça

  4. 4

    masculinewill, disposition, patience

adjective

  1. 1

    Brazilalbino (congenitally lacking melanin)

suffix

as -aço
  1. 1

    masculineforms augmentatives of praise: nouns expressing greatness

  2. 2

    masculineforms augmentatives of size

  3. 3

    masculineadded to the names of objects to indicade an action made with it, especially violent or vigorous action

  4. 4

    masculineforms the names of conditions resulting from a process indicated by the suffixed verb

  5. 5

    masculineforms the names of residues

suffix

as -aço
  1. 1

    rareforms augmentatives of degree

suffix

as -aco
  1. 1

    masculinea suffix to make nationalities and demonyms

suffix

as -aco
  1. 1

    masculinea pejorative suffix

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. liga composta principalmente de ferro e carbono utilizada para a fabricação de utensílios, armas, veículos e uma infinidade de outros objetos da vida moderna

adverb: 1. o mesmo que cá

adverb: 1. o mesmo que cá, aqui

suffix: 1. indicador superlativo em intensidade: bastante

suffix: 1. indicador superlativo em intensidade: bastante 2. indicador qualificativo superlativo em dimensão: grande 3. indica manifestação que tem por base um objeto, ato ou elemento como instrumento

suffix: 1. sufixo de matiz pejorativo, inferiorizador ou diminutivo, chegando à lexicalização

suffix: 1. sufixo adjetival que indica origem, relação direta, também gentilícios

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 aço

  • aços plural
  • aça feminine
  • aças feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aço?

  • Brazil /ˈa.su/
  • Portugal /ˈa.su/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aço

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aço in Portuguese?

aço appears 20 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).

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