limbo
Portuguese, noun/ˈlĩ.bu/
limbo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “limbo (place for innocent souls)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “no exterior de algo”.
What does limbo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelimbo (place for innocent souls)
- 2
masculinelimbo (state of neglect or oblivion)
- 3
masculineblade (the flat part of a leaf or petal)
noun
- 1
masculinelimbo (dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. no exterior de algo 2. margem, borda, rebordo 3. estado do que se encontra esquecido 4. negligenciado ou indefinido
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 limbo
- limbos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limbo?
- Brazil /ˈlĩ.bu/
- Portugal /ˈlĩ.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to limbo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is limbo in Portuguese?
limbo appears 2.2 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).