credo
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾɛ.du/
credo is spelled C-R-E-D-O (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Credo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “creed; credo (a religious belief system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “oração começada pela palavra latina credo”.
What does credo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecreed; credo (a religious belief system)
O credo cristão.
interjection
- 1
ew! (expression of disgust or nausea)
- 2
Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa espanto 2. expressa nojo, asco
noun: 1. oração começada pela palavra latina credo 2. tempo necessário para se rezar um credo 3. fé; crença religiosa
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 credo
- credos plural
- credo! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce credo?
- Brazil /ˈkɾɛ.du/
- Portugal /ˈkɾɛ.du/
- Portugal [ˈkɾɛ.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to credo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is credo in Portuguese?
credo appears 11 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).