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mo

Portuguese, contraction

mo is spelled M-O (2 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mo is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of me + o, literally “him/it to me”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mó is a different word: “millstone”. With an accent, mô is a different word: “pronunciation spelling of amor”.

What does mo mean in English?

contraction

  1. 1

    contraction of me + o, literally “him/it to me”

noun

as mó
  1. 1

    femininemillstone

  2. 2

    femininegrindstone

adjective

as mó
  1. 1

    Brazilinformalclipping of maior (often combined with article)

adverb

as mó
  1. 1

    Brazilslangvery

noun

as mó
  1. 1

    femininecrowd

  2. 2

    feminineheap, pile (large quantity)

noun

as mô
  1. 1

    femininemasculinepronunciation spelling of amor

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro)

pronoun: 1. contração do pronome meu

adjective: 1. bem grande, enorme

adverb: 1. muito, bastante

noun: 1. pedra redonda e chata, com que se tritura os cereais no moinho, ou a azeitona nos lagares 2. pedra em que se amolam instrumentos cortantes ou perfurantes 3. dente queixal ou molar 4. nos espigueiros, pedra de feitura circular que descansa horizontal sobre os pés evitando que subam os ratos

noun: 1. monte de cereal já malhado ou debagado em grãos 2. grande quantidade 3. grande ajuntamento

abbreviation: 1. modus operandi

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 mo

  • mós plural
  • ma feminine
  • mos masculine plural
  • mas feminine plural
  • m'o alternative
  • mores plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mo in Portuguese?

mo appears 17 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).

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