dobro
Portuguese, noun
dobro is spelled D-O-B-R-O (5 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dobro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “double” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of dobrar. With an accent, dôbro is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o duplo”.
What does dobro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedouble
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of dobrar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of dobro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o duplo 2. duas vezes mais
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 dobro
- dobros plural
- dôbro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dobro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dobro in Portuguese?
dobro appears 16 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).