hipopótamo
Portuguese, noun/ˌi.poˈpɔ.ta.mu/
hipopótamo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hippopotamus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero herbívoro de grande porte e pele muito espessa, que habita os rios africanos”.
What does hipopótamo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehippopotamus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero herbívoro de grande porte e pele muito espessa, que habita os rios africanos
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 hipopótamo
- hipopótamos plural
- hipopótama feminine
- hipopótamas feminine plural
- hipopotamo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipopótamo?
- Brazil /ˌi.poˈpɔ.ta.mu/
- Portugal /ˌi.pɔˈpɔ.tɐ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hipopótamo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipopótamo in Portuguese?
hipopótamo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).