calombo
Portuguese, noun/kaˈlõ.bu/
calombo is spelled C-A-L-O-M-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calombo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bump (swelling on the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caroço”.
What does calombo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebump (swelling on the skin)
- 2
masculinebump (protuberance on a level surface)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caroço 2. qualquer protuberância, em uma superfície, de aspecto séssil
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 calombo
- calombos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calombo?
- Brazil /kaˈlõ.bu/
- Portugal /kɐˈlõ.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 calombo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calombo in Portuguese?
calombo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).