extravio
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾaˈvi.u/
extravio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “loss (act of losing something or oneself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of extraviar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de extraviar”.
What does extravio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloss (act of losing something or oneself)
- 2
masculinedisappearance
- 3
masculinetheft
- 4
masculinedeviation (act of going out of the way)
- 5
informalmasculinelack of consideration for one's own appearance
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of extraviar
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 extraviar
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 extravio
- extravios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extravio?
- Brazil /is.tɾaˈvi.u/
- Brazil /is.tɾaˈviw/
- Brazil [is.tɾaˈviʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is extravio in Portuguese?
extravio appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).