jogo
Portuguese, noun
jogo is spelled J-O-G-O (4 letters) and appears 389 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jogo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “play” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of jogar. With an accent, jôgo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atividade recreativa que segue certas regras”.
What does jogo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplay
- 2
masculinegame; sport
- 3
masculinegaming
- 4
masculinevideo game
- 5
masculineset
- 6
masculinegambling
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of jogar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of jogo
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of jogo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atividade recreativa que segue certas regras 2. competição 3. uma partida de um esporte 4. conjunto de peças formando um todo
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 jogo
- jogos plural
- metaphonic plural
- jôgo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to jogo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jogo in Portuguese?
jogo appears 389 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).