depósito
Portuguese, noun
depósito is spelled D-E-P-Ó-S-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Depósito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sediment or rock different from the surrounding material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, deposito is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of depositar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de depositar”.
What does depósito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesediment or rock different from the surrounding material
- 2
masculinemoney placed in an account
- 3
masculineanything left behind on a surface
- 4
masculinestore; depot; warehouse (place where items may be kept)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of depositar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de depositar 2. aquilo que foi depositado 3. lugar onde se deposita 4. ato de adicionar ativos (normalmente dinheiro) a um portfólio (por exemplo, uma conta bancária)
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 depósito
- depósitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to depósito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is depósito in Portuguese?
depósito appears 15 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).