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parvo

Portuguese, noun/ˈpaʁ.vu/

parvo is spelled P-A-R-V-O (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parvo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a fool, an idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa ingênua, fácil de enganar; tolo”.

What does parvo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    small

    veia safena parva

  2. 2

    Portugaldumb, foolish, stupid

    Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea fool, an idiot

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se da pessoa que diz ou que faz parvoíces 2. pessoa de caráter ingênuo 3. tolo 4. pequeno

noun: 1. pessoa ingênua, fácil de enganar; tolo

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 parvo

  • parva feminine
  • parvos masculine plural
  • parvas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce parvo?

  • Brazil /ˈpaʁ.vu/
  • Brazil [ˈpaɦ.vu]
  • /ˈpaɾ.vu/

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

English words that translate to parvo

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

How common is parvo in Portuguese?

parvo 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).

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