luto
Portuguese, noun/ˈlu.tu/
luto is spelled L-U-T-O (4 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mourning (sorrow over someone’s death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of lutar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dor causada pela morte de alguém ou por grande calamidade”.
What does luto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemourning (sorrow over someone’s death)
estar de luto
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of lutar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dor causada pela morte de alguém ou por grande calamidade 2. vestuário preto que se usa como sinal de tristeza pela morte de parente 3. tristeza profunda
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 luto
- lutos plural
- lucto alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luto?
- Brazil /ˈlu.tu/
- Portugal /ˈlu.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to luto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luto in Portuguese?
luto appears 16 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).