ergo
Portuguese, conjunction/ˈɛʁ.ɡu/
ergo is spelled E-R-G-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergo is a Portuguese conjunction meaning “ergo, therefore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of erguer.
What does ergo mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
rareergo, therefore
noun
- 1
masculineerg
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of erguer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ergo
- ergos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergo?
- Brazil /ˈɛʁ.ɡu/
- Brazil [ˈɛɦ.ɡu]
- /ˈɛɾ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ergo in Portuguese?
ergo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).