garbo
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡaʁ.bu/
garbo is spelled G-A-R-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garbo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grace, style, chic, elegance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elegância nos gestos ou nos modos, na apresentação”.
What does garbo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrace, style, chic, elegance
- 2
masculinedaintiness
- 3
masculinepolish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elegância nos gestos ou nos modos, na apresentação 2. distinção 3. galhardia 4. brio
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 garbo
- garbos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garbo?
- Brazil /ˈɡaʁ.bu/
- Brazil [ˈɡaɦ.bu]
- /ˈɡaɾ.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garbo in Portuguese?
garbo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).