patos
Portuguese, noun
patos is spelled P-A-T-O-S (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patos is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of páthos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of pato. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “paixão, excesso, catástrofe, passagem, passividade, sofrimento, assujeitamento”.
What does patos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of páthos
noun
- 1
masculineplural of pato
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba
noun: 1. paixão, excesso, catástrofe, passagem, passividade, sofrimento, assujeitamento
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.
English words that translate to patos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patos in Portuguese?
patos appears 5.9 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).