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pombo

Portuguese, noun/ˈpõ.bu/

pombo is spelled P-O-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pombo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pigeon, dove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da ordem das columbinas com muitas espécies domésticas e selvagens”.

What does pombo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepigeon, dove

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ave da ordem das columbinas com muitas espécies domésticas e selvagens

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 pombo

  • pombos plural
  • pomba feminine
  • pombas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce pombo?

  • Brazil /ˈpõ.bu/
  • Portugal /ˈpõ.bu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pombo

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

How common is pombo in Portuguese?

pombo appears 3.8 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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