pasmo
Portuguese, noun/ˈpaz.mu/
pasmo is spelled P-A-S-M-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasmo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fainting (collapse into unconsciousness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pasmar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “assombro, espanto”.
What does pasmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefainting (collapse into unconsciousness)
- 2
masculineastonishment; shock; awe (extreme surprise)
adjective
- 1
flabbergasted; astonished; speechless; shocked (extremely surprised, negatively or positively)
verb
- 1
past participle of pasmar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pasmar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. espantado
noun: 1. assombro, espanto
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 pasmo
- pasmos plural
- pasma feminine
- pasmas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pasmo?
- Brazil /ˈpaz.mu/
- /ˈpaʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈpaʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pasmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pasmo in Portuguese?
pasmo 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).