ópio
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔ.pju/
ópio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “narcotic juice obtained from some species of poppies, such as poppy, which provides important alkaloids (morphine, papaverine) for…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância entorpecente, amarga e de odor forte”.
What does ópio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenarcotic juice obtained from some species of poppies, such as poppy, which provides important alkaloids (morphine, papaverine) for therapeutic applications
- 2
masculinedrug that is obtained from that substance
- 3
masculinewhich causes falling asleep, numbness
- 4
masculinetreachery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância entorpecente, amarga e de odor forte
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 ópio
- ópios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ópio?
- Brazil /ˈɔ.pju/
- Portugal /ˈɔ.pju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ópio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ópio in Portuguese?
ópio appears 1.5 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).