asco
Portuguese, noun/ˈas.ku/
asco is spelled A-S-C-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nausea (strong dislike or disgust)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nojo”.
What does asco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenausea (strong dislike or disgust)
noun
- 1
masculineascus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nojo 2. tédio 3. aversão 4. repugnância
suffix: 1. forma substantivos com a ideia aumentativa ou depreciativa, sobre a base de outro substantivo
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 asco
- ascos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asco?
- Brazil /ˈas.ku/
- /ˈaʃ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈaʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asco in Portuguese?
asco appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).