gozo
Portuguese, noun
gozo is spelled G-O-Z-O (4 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gozo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “joy, enjoyment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gozar. With an accent, gôzo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de usufruir de um benefício”.
What does gozo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejoy, enjoyment
- 2
masculinepleasure, satisfaction
- 3
masculineusefulness
- 4
masculinejoke
- 5
masculinemockery
- 6
Brazilcolloquialmasculineorgasm
- 7
Brazilcolloquialmasculinesemen, sperm
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gozar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of gozo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de usufruir de um benefício 2. satisfação, prazer 3. proveito 4. troça
noun: 1. cão, cão que não tem raça, cão em sentido pejorativo
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 gozo
- gozos plural
- gôzo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gozo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gozo in Portuguese?
gozo appears 3.6 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).