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nó cego

Portuguese, noun/ˈnɔ ˈsɛ.ɡu/

nó cego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Gordian knot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does nó cego mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineGordian knot

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. nó difícil de desatar 2. pessoa muito burra

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 nó cego

  • nós cegos plural

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

How do you pronounce nó cego?

  • Brazil /ˈnɔ ˈsɛ.ɡu/
  • Portugal /ˈnɔ ˈsɛ.ɡu/
  • Portugal [ˈnɔ ˈsɛ.ɣu]

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