pus
Portuguese, noun/ˈpu(j)s/
pus is spelled P-U-S (3 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,961st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of pu. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líquido opaco, espesso e amarelado, produzido por uma inflamação, e que consiste de leucócitos e bactérias…”.
What does pus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepus
noun
- 1
plural of pu
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of pôr
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líquido opaco, espesso e amarelado, produzido por uma inflamação, e que consiste de leucócitos e bactérias, vivos ou mortos, e soro
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 pus
- puses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pus?
- Brazil /ˈpu(j)s/
- Brazil [ˈpu(ɪ̯)s]
- /ˈpu(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pus in Portuguese?
pus appears 3.1 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).