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foto

Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔ.tu/

foto is spelled F-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears 437 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 213th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foto is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “photo; photograph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fotografia”.

What does foto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininephoto; photograph

prefix

as foto-
  1. 1

    photo- (relating to light)

  2. 2

    photo- (relating to photography)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. fotografia

prefix: 1. prefixo que significa luz, radiação eletromagnética. 2. prefixo que significa fotografia

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 foto

  • fotos plural

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

How do you pronounce foto?

  • Brazil /ˈfɔ.tu/
  • Portugal /ˈfɔ.tɔ/
  • Portugal /ˈfɔ.tu/

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

English words that translate to foto

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

How common is foto in Portuguese?

foto appears 437 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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