Skip to main content

nervo

Portuguese, noun/ˈneʁ.vu/

nervo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nerve (bundle of neurons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “órgão constituído por fibras nervosas que conduz o fluxo nervoso estabelecendo a ligação entre os centros…”.

What does nervo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenerve (bundle of neurons)

  2. 2

    masculinenerve; stamina

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. órgão constituído por fibras nervosas que conduz o fluxo nervoso estabelecendo a ligação entre os centros nervosos e o resto do corpo 2. nervura

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 nervo

  • nervos plural

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

How do you pronounce nervo?

  • Brazil /ˈneʁ.vu/
  • Brazil [ˈneɦ.vu]
  • /ˈneɾ.vu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nervo

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

How common is nervo in Portuguese?

nervo appears 3.1 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).