pousio
Portuguese, noun/po(w)ˈzi.u/
pousio is spelled P-O-U-S-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pousio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the practice of leaving ground fallow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno agrícola que fica sem cultivar, sem lavrar, depois da colheita, em descanso; a mesma interrupção ou…”.
What does pousio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe practice of leaving ground fallow
- 2
masculinefallow (ground left unseeded for a year)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se da terra agrícola sem cultivar, em descanso ou inculta
noun: 1. terreno agrícola que fica sem cultivar, sem lavrar, depois da colheita, em descanso; a mesma interrupção ou descanso no aproveitamento agrícola de um terreno de lavoura
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 pousio
- pousios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pousio?
- Brazil /po(w)ˈzi.u/
- Brazil [po(ʊ̯)ˈzi.u]
- Brazil /po(w)ˈziw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pousio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pousio in Portuguese?
pousio appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).