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polo

Portuguese, noun

polo is spelled P-O-L-O (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pole (geographic, magnetic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pólo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of polo#Portuguese: pole; still…”. With an accent, pôlo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada uma das extremidades do eixo de uma esfera”.

What does polo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepole (geographic, magnetic)

  2. 2

    masculinepole

  3. 3

    masculineextreme opposite

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepolo (ball game)

  2. 2

    masculinepolo shirt, polo

noun

  1. 1

    masculineeyas

noun

as pólo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of polo#Portuguese: pole; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

as pólo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of polo#Portuguese: ball game; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

as pôlo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of polo#Portuguese: eyas

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

contraction: 1. pelo, por (preposição) + o (artigo)

noun: 1. cada uma das extremidades do eixo de uma esfera 2. cada uma das duas extremidades do eixo imaginário da Terra 3. a parte boreal do globo terrestre, limitada ao sul pelo círculo polar ártico, e a parte austral do mesmo globo, limitada ao norte pelo círculo polar antártico 4. regiões que circundam essas extremidades

noun: 1. espécie de hóquei jogado a cavalo 2. jogo disputado em piscina por dois times de sete nadadores com uma bola semelhante à de futebol, polo aquático

noun: 1. ramo de árvore novo e vigoroso

noun: 1. falcão, açor ou gavião que ainda não tem um ano 2. pitinho de qualquer ave, pinto 3. frango, galinha nova

noun: 1. vide polo

noun: 1. polo

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 polo

  • polos plural
  • pólo alternative
  • pôlo alternative
  • pólos plural
  • pôlos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to polo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is polo in Portuguese?

polo appears 10 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).

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