governo
Portuguese, noun
governo is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-O (7 letters) and appears 380 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 240th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Governo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “government” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of governar. With an accent, govêrno is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de governar”.
What does governo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegovernment
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of governar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of governo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de governar 2. poder executivo 3. administração 4. regime
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 governo
- governos plural
- govêrno alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to governo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is governo in Portuguese?
governo appears 380 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).