foco
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔ.ku/
foco is spelled F-O-C-O (4 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,494th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “focus (point at which rays of light converge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of focar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nitidez de uma imagem”.
What does foco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefocus (point at which rays of light converge)
- 2
masculinefocus (point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge)
- 3
masculinefocus (convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- 4
masculinethe source of transmission of a disease
- 5
masculinefocus (concentration of attention)
- 6
masculineobjective; intent
- 7
masculineheadquarters
- 8
masculinelamp
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of focar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nitidez de uma imagem 2. objetivo bem definido, o alvo 3. centro 4. sede principal de um organismo, clube
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 foco
- focos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foco?
- Brazil /ˈfɔ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈfɔ.ku/
- /ˈfɔ.ko/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foco in Portuguese?
foco appears 65 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).