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pouso

Portuguese, noun/ˈpo(w).zu/

pouso is spelled P-O-U-S-O (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pouso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pousar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de pousar”.

What does pouso mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineplace

  2. 2

    masculinestay

  3. 3

    masculinehangout

  4. 4

    Brazilmasculineinn; hostel

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of pousar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ação de pousar

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 pouso

  • pousos plural
  • poiso alternative

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

How do you pronounce pouso?

  • Brazil /ˈpo(w).zu/
  • Brazil [ˈpo(ʊ̯).zu]
  • Portugal /ˈpo(w).zu/

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

English words that translate to pouso

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

How common is pouso in Portuguese?

pouso appears 6.0 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).

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