oco
Portuguese, noun
oco is spelled O-C-O (3 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hole, cavity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ocó is a different word: “man”.
What does oco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hollow
noun
- 1
masculinehole, cavity
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineslangman
suffix
- 1
masculineforms diminutives, often deprecating
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não tem miolo 2. vazio 3. escavado 4. fútil
suffix: 1. sufixo usado em adjetivos e substantivos; passa a ideia de aumento ou frequência
noun: 1. homem
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 oco
- oca feminine
- ocos masculine plural
- ocas feminine plural
- ocós plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to oco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oco in Portuguese?
oco appears 1.4 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).