beijo
Portuguese, noun/ˈbe(j).ʒu/
beijo is spelled B-E-I-J-O (5 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,474th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beijo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kiss (touch with the lips)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of beijar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “toque com os beiços na face, mão, boca ou em qualquer objeto como ato de amor, de respeito ou de religiosidade”.
What does beijo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekiss (touch with the lips)
- 2
masculinemeringue (mixture of beaten egg whites and sugar)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of beijar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. toque com os beiços na face, mão, boca ou em qualquer objeto como ato de amor, de respeito ou de religiosidade 2. no meio das espigas de milho amarelas, aquela que é vermelha
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 beijo
- beijos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beijo?
- Brazil /ˈbe(j).ʒu/
- Brazil [ˈbe(ɪ̯).ʒu]
- Portugal /ˈbɐj.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beijo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beijo in Portuguese?
beijo appears 37 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).