folho
Portuguese, noun
folho is spelled F-O-L-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frill, ruffle (strip of pleated fabric)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of folhar. With an accent, fôlho is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “babado que se coloca em saias, colchas, toalhas etc”.
What does folho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrill, ruffle (strip of pleated fabric)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of folhar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of folho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. babado que se coloca em saias, colchas, toalhas etc. 2. excrescência nos cascos dos animais 3. a terceira divisão do estômago dos ruminantes
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 folho
- folhos plural
- metaphonic plural
- fôlho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to folho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is folho in Portuguese?
folho appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).