mudo
Portuguese, noun/ˈmu.du/
mudo is spelled M-U-D-O (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mudo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mute (person unable to speak)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mudar; "I change". The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa muda”.
What does mudo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemute (person unable to speak)
adjective
- 1
suffering from muteness
Ele é mudo de nascença.
- 2
not uttering sounds
A TV está muda.
- 3
of a letter that is written but not pronounced in a word; silent
O K na palavra "know" é mudo.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mudar; "I change"
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. privado do uso da fala 2. silencioso 3. calado
noun: 1. pessoa muda
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 mudo
- mudos plural
- muda feminine
- mudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mudo?
- Brazil /ˈmu.du/
- Portugal /ˈmu.du/
- Portugal [ˈmu.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mudo in Portuguese?
mudo appears 13 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).