joio
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒoj.u/
joio is spelled J-O-I-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cockle, darnel, tares, vetch (cereal weed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gramínea anual que parece muito com trigo até que este amadureça”.
What does joio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecockle, darnel, tares, vetch (cereal weed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gramínea anual que parece muito com trigo até que este amadureça 2. olmo (U. glabra, U. minor)
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.
How do you pronounce joio?
- Brazil /ˈʒoj.u/
- Brazil [ˈʒoɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ˈʒoj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joio in Portuguese?
joio appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).