pó
Portuguese, noun
pó is spelled P-Ó (2 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pó is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “powder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pô is a different word: “apocopic form of pôr; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte da terra formada por pequenos grânulos”.
What does pó mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepowder
leite em pó
- 2
masculinedust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
A velha mesa estava coberta de pó.
- 3
masculineslangcocaine
verb
- 1
apocopic form of pôr; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
- 2
eye dialect spelling of pôr, representing Caipira Portuguese
interjection
- 1
BrazilinformalIt expresses astonishment, annoyance, boredom
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa desagrado
noun: 1. parte da terra formada por pequenos grânulos 2. pequenas partículas de qualquer substância sólida
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 pó
- pós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pó
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pó in Portuguese?
pó appears 23 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).