momo
Portuguese, noun/ˈmõ.mu/
momo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “King Momo (character representing the king of carnival in Latin America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entre os gregos e os romanos, ator que interpretava uma peça familiar e burlesca”.
What does momo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineKing Momo (character representing the king of carnival in Latin America)
- 2
masculinemomo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. entre os gregos e os romanos, ator que interpretava uma peça familiar e burlesca 2. gênero de comédia em que o ator representa por meio de gestos a ação e os sentimentos; mímica, pantomima 3. momice, trejeitos grotescos ou ridículos 4. farsa em que se ridicularizavam os costumes da época
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 momo
- momos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce momo?
- Brazil /ˈmõ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈmo.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to momo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is momo in Portuguese?
momo appears 1.8 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).