psoas
Portuguese, noun/ˈpso.ɐs/
psoas is spelled P-S-O-A-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Psoas is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “psoas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome de dois músculos abdominais que se estendem pela parte anterior das vértebras lombares”.
What does psoas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepsoas
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome de dois músculos abdominais que se estendem pela parte anterior das vértebras lombares 2. o mesmo que psoa
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.
How do you pronounce psoas?
- Brazil /ˈpso.ɐs/
- /ˈpso.ɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈpso.ɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is psoas in Portuguese?
psoas appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).