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bolo

Portuguese, noun

bolo is spelled B-O-L-O (4 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,566th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dessert made with dough and sugar; common in celebrations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bolar. With an accent, bôlo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “massa de farinha e outros ingredientes, geralmente doce, cozida no forno ou frita”.

What does bolo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedessert made with dough and sugar; common in celebrations

  2. 2

    masculineany of various snacks made with dough, both sweet and salty

  3. 3

    masculinebunch, heap, mass (load of some material or of beings)

    a bunch of money

  4. 4

    masculineprize, reward

  5. 5

    Brazilmasculinesomething said or done to mislead or deceive

  6. 6

    Brazilmasculinedisarray, disorder chaos

  7. 7

    Brazilmasculineslangthe act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)

  8. 8

    Brazilmasculineslanggroup bet

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of bolar

noun

as bôlo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of bolo

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. massa de farinha e outros ingredientes, geralmente doce, cozida no forno ou frita 2. bolo¹ doce 3. determinada quantidade de um objeto ou de uma substância 4. palmatoada

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 bolo

  • bolos plural
  • bôlo alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bolo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bolo in Portuguese?

bolo appears 35 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).

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