alívio
Portuguese, noun
alívio is spelled A-L-Í-V-I-O (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alívio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of lightening (reducing the burden of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, alivio is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de aliviar”.
What does alívio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of lightening (reducing the burden of)
- 2
masculinerelief (removal of stress or discomfort)
noun
- 1
masculinerarepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of alívio
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aliviar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de aliviar 2. descarga
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 alívio
- alivios plural
- alívios plural
- allivio alternative
- alivio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alívio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alívio in Portuguese?
alívio appears 12 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).