mito
Portuguese, noun/ˈmi.tu/
mito is spelled M-I-T-O (4 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,212th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “traditional story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “história maravilhosa sobre deuses, semideuses, heróis e aspectos da vida das pessoas em um passado muito…”.
What does mito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetraditional story
- 2
masculinecommonly-held but false belief
- 3
informalmasculineperson or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe, legend
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. história maravilhosa sobre deuses, semideuses, heróis e aspectos da vida das pessoas em um passado muito distante 2. pessoa que fica famosa e passa a ser considerada um herói 3. história que não é real
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 mito
- mitos plural
- mytho alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mito?
- Brazil /ˈmi.tu/
- Portugal /ˈmi.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 mito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mito in Portuguese?
mito appears 20 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).