impo
Portuguese, noun/ˈĩ.pu/
impo is spelled I-M-P-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “act or effect of crying or breathing with difficulty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of impar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “suspiro, soluço; ato de impar”.
What does impo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineact or effect of crying or breathing with difficulty
- 2
masculinehiccups that children get after crying
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of impar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. suspiro, soluço; ato de impar
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 impo
- impos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impo?
- Brazil /ˈĩ.pu/
- Portugal /ˈĩ.pu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impo in Portuguese?
impo appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).