humo
Portuguese, noun/ˈũ.mu/
humo is spelled H-U-M-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of húmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terra vegetal que fornece a nutrição das plantas”.
What does humo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of húmus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. terra vegetal que fornece a nutrição das plantas 2. húmus
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 humo
- humos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce humo?
- Brazil /ˈũ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈu.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 humo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is humo in Portuguese?
humo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).