molho
Portuguese, noun
molho is spelled M-O-L-H-O (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sauce (liquid condiment placed on food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of molhar. With an accent, môlho is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feixe pequeno”.
What does molho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesauce (liquid condiment placed on food)
- 2
Brazilmasculineslangsauce, vitality, charm, style
noun
- 1
masculinebundle (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying, especially keys or vegetables)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of molhar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of molho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feixe pequeno 2. conjunto de objetos reunidos em um só grupo (como chaves, p. ex.)
noun: 1. caldo temperado para acompanhamento de alimentos ou para refogar iguarias 2. qualidade ou conjunto de qualidades que faz destacar-se como especial
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 molho
- molhos plural
- môlho alternative
- môlhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to molho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is molho in Portuguese?
molho appears 15 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).