polvo
Portuguese, noun/ˈpow.vu/
polvo is spelled P-O-L-V-O (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polvo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “octopus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molusco cefalópode de oito tentáculos dotados de ventosas”.
What does polvo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoctopus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molusco cefalópode de oito tentáculos dotados de ventosas
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 polvo
- polvos plural
- metaphonic plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polvo?
- Brazil /ˈpow.vu/
- Brazil [ˈpoʊ̯.vu]
- Portugal /ˈpol.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polvo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polvo in Portuguese?
polvo appears 3.0 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).