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extremo

Portuguese, noun/isˈtɾẽ.mu/

extremo is spelled E-X-T-R-E-M-O (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extremo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “end, the extreme part of an object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of extremar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ponto mais distante”.

What does extremo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    extreme

noun

  1. 1

    masculineend, the extreme part of an object

  2. 2

    masculinean extreme view or attitude

  3. 3

    Portugalmasculinewinger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of extremar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. situado na extremidade 2. que está no último ponto, no mais alto grau 3. derradeiro 4. remoto

noun: 1. o ponto mais distante

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 extremo

  • extrema feminine
  • extremos masculine plural
  • extremas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce extremo?

  • Brazil /isˈtɾẽ.mu/
  • Brazil /esˈtɾẽ.mu/
  • /iʃˈtɾẽ.mu/

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

English words that translate to extremo

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

How common is extremo in Portuguese?

extremo 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).

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