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pulo

Portuguese, noun/ˈpu.lu/

pulo is spelled P-U-L-O (4 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pular. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de pular; salto pequeno”.

What does pulo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinejump

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of pular

  2. 2

    first-person singular present indicative of polir

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de pular; salto pequeno 2. transição rápida e sem grande esforço 3. ação de passar a outro lugar; ato de deixar uma entidade integrando-se a outra 4. visita em que não se demora muito no lugar visitado

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 pulo

  • pulos plural

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

How do you pronounce pulo?

  • Brazil /ˈpu.lu/
  • Portugal /ˈpu.lu/

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

English words that translate to pulo

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

How common is pulo in Portuguese?

pulo appears 3.2 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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