gigolô
Portuguese, noun/ʒi.ɡoˈlo/
gigolô is spelled G-I-G-O-L-Ô (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigolô is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gigolo (male having sexual relationships for money; a male prostitute)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem que vive à custa de mulher e depois pega o dinheiro da mulher; prostituto”.
What does gigolô mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegigolo (male having sexual relationships for money; a male prostitute)
- 2
masculinea man who lives off someone else's money, especially a woman's; a kept man; a ponce
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem que vive à custa de mulher e depois pega o dinheiro da mulher; prostituto
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 gigolô
- gigolôs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gigolô?
- Brazil /ʒi.ɡoˈlo/
- Portugal /ʒi.ɡoˈlo/
- Portugal [ʒi.ɣoˈlo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gigolô
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gigolô in Portuguese?
gigolô 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).