pio
Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.u/
pio is spelled P-I-O (3 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chirp (sound emitted by chicks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of piar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa pia”.
What does pio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pious
- 2
compassionate
noun
- 1
masculinechirp (sound emitted by chicks)
- 2
masculinepeep (a feeble utterance or complaint)
Shh, não quero ouvir um pio!
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of piar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. inclinado à piedade; devoto, religioso 2. benigno, compassivo, misericordioso
noun: 1. pessoa pia
noun: 1. carta de baralho cujo valor é um e cujo símbolo é a letra "A"; ás 2. naipe de dominó equivalente a um ponto; ás 3. voz de muitas aves 4. fala, palavra
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 pio
- pia feminine
- pios masculine plural
- pias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pio?
- Brazil /ˈpi.u/
- Brazil /ˈpiw/
- Brazil [ˈpiʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pio in Portuguese?
pio appears 4.8 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).