barbo
Portuguese, noun/ˈbaʁ.bu/
barbo is spelled B-A-R-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “barbel (any freshwater fish of the genus Barbus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe de rio que tem uns apêndices na boca, (Barbus barbus)”.
What does barbo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarbel (any freshwater fish of the genus Barbus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe de rio que tem uns apêndices na boca, (Barbus barbus)
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 barbo
- barbos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbo?
- Brazil /ˈbaʁ.bu/
- Brazil [ˈbaɦ.bu]
- /ˈbaɾ.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbo in Portuguese?
barbo appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).