limo
Portuguese, noun/ˈlĩ.mu/
limo is spelled L-I-M-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mud, slime, silt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of limar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das algas”.
What does limo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemud, slime, silt
- 2
masculineseaweed, wack (weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of limar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das algas 2. lodo, barro
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 limo
- limos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limo?
- Brazil /ˈlĩ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈli.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to limo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is limo in Portuguese?
limo 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).