mato
Portuguese, noun/ˈma.tu/
mato is spelled M-A-T-O (4 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “forest; bush; jungle; woods (uncultivated area covered in wild plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of matar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “área não cultivada e coberta de plantas agrestes”.
What does mato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforest; bush; jungle; woods (uncultivated area covered in wild plants)
- 2
masculinewild grass, weeds and other low-lying plants
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of matar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. área não cultivada e coberta de plantas agrestes 2. a roça, o campo
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 mato
- matos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mato?
- Brazil /ˈma.tu/
- Portugal /ˈma.tu/
- Brazil /ˈma.tʊ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mato in Portuguese?
mato appears 52 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).