pouco
Portuguese, determiner/ˈpo(w).ku/
pouco is spelled P-O-U-C-O (5 letters) and appears 537 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 171st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pouco is a Portuguese determiner meaning “little; few (not many)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pouco mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
masculinelittle of something
Compramos muita comida, mas sobrou pouco.
- 2
masculinea short while
Saímos há pouco.
determiner
- 1
little; few (not many)
Poucas pessoas acreditam nisso.
adverb
- 1
little (not much or not often)
Ele lê pouco.
- 2
for a short duration
A alegria durou pouco.
- 3
archaicsmall
É uma vila pouca.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. presente em baixa quantidade
adverb: 1. o contrário de bastante
noun: 1. baixa quantidade
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 pouco
- pouca feminine
- poucos masculine plural
- poucas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pouco?
- Brazil /ˈpo(w).ku/
- Brazil [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]
- Portugal /ˈpo(w).ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pouco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pouco in Portuguese?
pouco appears 537 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).