algo
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈaw.ɡu/
algo is spelled A-L-G-O (4 letters) and appears 407 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Algo is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “something (unspecified object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “objeto (não-identificado) de que se fala”.
What does algo mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
something (unspecified object)
adverb
- 1
rather, somewhat
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. um pouco, de certo modo
pronoun: 1. objeto (não-identificado) de que se fala
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.
How do you pronounce algo?
- Brazil /ˈaw.ɡu/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.ɡu]
- Portugal /ˈal.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to algo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is algo in Portuguese?
algo appears 407 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).