moio
Portuguese, noun/ˈmoj.u/
moio is spelled M-O-I-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “moio, Portuguese modius, a traditional large unit of dry volume equal to about 0.78–1.15 m³ at different places and times” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medida de volume equivalente a sessenta alqueires (828 litros)”.
What does moio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoio, Portuguese modius, a traditional large unit of dry volume equal to about 0.78–1.15 m³ at different places and times
- 2
colloquialmasculinesixty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressar saudação, cumprimento ou despedida
noun: 1. medida de volume equivalente a sessenta alqueires (828 litros) 2. sessenta, utilizado para um número de objetos em venda; conjunto de sessenta objetos iguais 3. sessenta
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 moio
- moios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moio?
- Brazil /ˈmoj.u/
- Brazil [ˈmoɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ˈmoj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moio in Portuguese?
moio appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).