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opaco

Portuguese, adjective/oˈpa.ku/

opaco is spelled O-P-A-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opaco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “opaque (allowing little light to pass through)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algo que não é transparente; que é baço”.

What does opaco mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    opaque (allowing little light to pass through)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. algo que não é transparente; que é baço

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 opaco

  • opaca feminine
  • opacos masculine plural
  • opacas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce opaco?

  • Brazil /oˈpa.ku/
  • Portugal /ɔˈpa.ku/

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

English words that translate to opaco

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

How common is opaco in Portuguese?

opaco appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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