libelo
Portuguese, noun/liˈbɛ.lu/
libelo is spelled L-I-B-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “libel (written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “panfleto”.
What does libelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelibel (written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation)
- 2
masculinelibel (written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. panfleto 2. o mesmo que libelo acusatório
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 libelo
- libelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libelo?
- Brazil /liˈbɛ.lu/
- Portugal /liˈbɛ.lu/
- Portugal [liˈβɛ.lu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to libelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is libelo in Portuguese?
libelo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).