fosso
Portuguese, noun/ˈfo.su/
fosso is spelled F-O-S-S-O (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fosso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ditch, trench” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of fossar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cova”.
What does fosso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineditch, trench
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of fossar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cova 2. vala 3. valeta
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 fosso
- fossos plural
- metaphonic plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fosso?
- Brazil /ˈfo.su/
- Portugal /ˈfo.su/
- Brazil /ˈfɔ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fosso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fosso in Portuguese?
fosso appears 3.5 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).