balofo
Portuguese, noun/baˈlo.fu/
balofo is spelled B-A-L-O-F-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balofo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a fat person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does balofo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryinformalchubby
- 2
spongy
- 3
superficial, shallow
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea fat person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gordo, obeso 2. adiposo, mole 3. volumoso, mas leve 4. impostor
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 balofo
- balofa feminine
- balofos masculine plural
- balofas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balofo?
- Brazil /baˈlo.fu/
- Portugal /bɐˈlo.fu/
- Portugal /bɐ.ˈlo.fu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is balofo in Portuguese?
balofo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).