oposto
Portuguese, noun/oˈpos.tu/
oposto is spelled O-P-O-S-T-O (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oposto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “opposite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of opor. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentido oposto; contrário”.
What does oposto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
opposite
noun
- 1
masculineopposite
verb
- 1
past participle of opor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. contrário 2. que está em oposição
noun: 1. sentido oposto; contrário
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 oposto
- oposta feminine
- opostos masculine plural
- opostas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
- opposto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oposto?
- Brazil /oˈpos.tu/
- /oˈpoʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ɔˈpoʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oposto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oposto in Portuguese?
oposto appears 15 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).