insumo
Portuguese, noun/ĩˈsũ.mu/
insumo is spelled I-N-S-U-M-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insumo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “input (e.g. raw material, workforce, energy consumption, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que é usado para ou na confecção de algo material ou imaterial”.
What does insumo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinput (e.g. raw material, workforce, energy consumption, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquilo que é usado para ou na confecção de algo material ou imaterial
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 insumo
- insumos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insumo?
- Brazil /ĩˈsũ.mu/
- Portugal /ĩˈsu.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is insumo in Portuguese?
insumo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).