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cevo

Portuguese, noun/ˈse.vu/

cevo is spelled C-E-V-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cevo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cevar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comida”.

What does cevo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebait

  2. 2

    masculinemeadow

  3. 3

    masculinefood

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of cevar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. comida 2. isca, engodo, pedaço de comida que serve para atrair os peixes, para pescar 3. alimento que se lhes dá aos animais para que engordem, ceva

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 cevo

  • cevos plural

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

How do you pronounce cevo?

  • Brazil /ˈse.vu/
  • Portugal /ˈse.vu/
  • Portugal /ˈse.bu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cevo in Portuguese?

cevo appears about once in every 59 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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