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kilo-

Portuguese, prefix

kilo- is spelled K-I-L-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kilo- is a Portuguese prefix meaning “alternative spelling of quilo-” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does kilo- mean in English?

prefix

  1. 1

    alternative spelling of quilo-

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. quilo

noun: 1. quilo

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.

English words that translate to kilo-

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is kilo- in Portuguese?

kilo- appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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