progresso
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈɡɾɛ.su/
progresso is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-O (9 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progresso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “progress (a moving forward)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desenvolvimento, especialmente social e tecnológico, da civilização”.
What does progresso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprogress (a moving forward)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desenvolvimento, especialmente social e tecnológico, da civilização 2. prosperidade 3. movimento para frente 4. desenvolvimento gradual de um ser ou de uma atividade
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
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 progresso
- progressos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce progresso?
- Brazil /pɾoˈɡɾɛ.su/
- Portugal /pɾuˈɡɾɛ.su/
- Portugal [pɾuˈɣɾɛ.su]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to progresso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is progresso in Portuguese?
progresso appears 28 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).