pupilo
Portuguese, noun/puˈpi.lu/
pupilo is spelled P-U-P-I-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pupilo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pupil (student under the supervision of a teacher or professor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criança órfã que está sob a responsabilidade de um tutor”.
What does pupilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepupil (student under the supervision of a teacher or professor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. criança órfã que está sob a responsabilidade de um tutor 2. aquele que recebe a proteção de uma outra pessoa bem mais influente e/ou poderosa; protegido 3. indivíduo que recebe instrução (aulas) ou consegue se educar sozinho; aluno
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 pupilo
- pupilos plural
- pupila feminine
- pupilas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pupilo?
- Brazil /puˈpi.lu/
- Portugal /puˈpi.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 pupilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pupilo in Portuguese?
pupilo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).