despojo
Portuguese, noun/desˈpo.ʒu/
despojo is spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despojo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “booty (loot attained by plundering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of despojar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de despojar”.
What does despojo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebooty (loot attained by plundering)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of despojar
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 despojar 2. conjunto de bens apreendidos (numa guerra) ao inimigo; espólio 3. parte de revestimento ou [adorno] que se desprende após sujeição a violência ou à passagem do tempo
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 despojo
- despojos plural
- metaphonic plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despojo?
- Brazil /desˈpo.ʒu/
- /deʃˈpo.ʒu/
- Portugal /dɨʃˈpo.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is despojo in Portuguese?
despojo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).