duelo
Portuguese, noun/duˈɛ.lu/
duelo is spelled D-U-E-L-O (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “duel (combat between two persons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of duelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “combate entre duas pessoas, normalmente usando espadas ou pistolas, e na maioria das vezes por questões de…”.
What does duelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineduel (combat between two persons)
- 2
masculineduel (struggle between two parties)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of duelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. combate entre duas pessoas, normalmente usando espadas ou pistolas, e na maioria das vezes por questões de honra
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 duelo
- duelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duelo?
- Brazil /duˈɛ.lu/
- Brazil /ˈdwɛ.lu/
- Portugal /ˈdwɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duelo in Portuguese?
duelo appears 9.8 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).