ilhó
Portuguese, noun
ilhó is spelled I-L-H-Ó (4 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilhó is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eyelet (a small hole to receive a cord or fastener)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, ilho is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of ilhar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “buraco num tecido, ou matéria que se desgasta, reforçado por um aro metálico”.
What does ilhó mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeyelet (a small hole to receive a cord or fastener)
- 2
masculinevulgaranus
suffix
- 1
masculineforms names of things that share some characteristic with the suffixed word, often carrying a diminutive or belittling aspect
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ilhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. buraco num tecido, ou matéria que se desgasta, reforçado por um aro metálico 2. esse aro metálico
suffix: 1. forma substantivos diminutivos, diretamente relacionados com o lexema raiz ou distanciados
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 ilhó
- ilhós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ilhó
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilhó in Portuguese?
ilhó appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).