lio
Portuguese, noun/ˈli.u/
lio is spelled L-I-O (3 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sheaf; bundle (collection of things bound together)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of liar.
What does lio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheaf; bundle (collection of things bound together)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of liar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lio
- lios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lio?
- Brazil /ˈli.u/
- Brazil /ˈliw/
- Brazil [ˈliʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lio in Portuguese?
lio appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).