poio
Portuguese, noun/ˈpoj.u/
poio is spelled P-O-I-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a fixed bench, usually made of stone, attached to the entry of a house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “assento de pedra”.
What does poio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea fixed bench, usually made of stone, attached to the entry of a house
- 2
masculinerarehill, hillock
- 3
masculinedunghill, heap of manure
- 4
masculineterrace (a raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides used for agriculture)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. assento de pedra 2. lugar específico para pousar nele algum objeto 3. socalco, a sua parte horizontal 4. dejeção, excrementos
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 poio
- poios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poio?
- Brazil /ˈpoj.u/
- Brazil [ˈpoɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ˈpoj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poio in Portuguese?
poio appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).