pode
Portuguese, verb
pode is spelled P-O-D-E (4 letters) and appears 1,585 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 58th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pode is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pôde is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of poder”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo podar”.
What does pode mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 4
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of poder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo podar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo podar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo podar
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo poder
abbreviation: 1. sigla para Podemos, partido político, antigo PTN (Partido Trabalhista Nacional)
abbreviation: 1. sigla para Podemos, partido político, antigo PTN (Partido Trabalhista Nacional)
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 pode
- póde alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pode
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pode in Portuguese?
pode appears 1,585 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).