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duo

Portuguese, noun/ˈdu.u/

duo is spelled D-U-O (3 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “duo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupo de duas pessoas que atuam conjuntamente”.

What does duo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineduo

prefix

as duo-
  1. 1

    duo-

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. grupo de duas pessoas que atuam conjuntamente 2. composição musical, cantada por duas vozes ou tocada por dois instrumentos

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 duo

  • duos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce duo?

  • Brazil /ˈdu.u/
  • Portugal /ˈdu.u/
  • Portugal /ˈdu.ɔ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to duo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is duo in Portuguese?

duo appears 3.6 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).

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