quilo
Portuguese, noun/ˈki.lu/
quilo is spelled Q-U-I-L-O (5 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quilo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kilo (kilogram)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quilograma”.
What does quilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekilo (kilogram)
noun
- 1
masculinechyle (digestive fluid)
prefix
- 1
kilo- (10³)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. elemento de formação de palavras de origem grega que exprime a ideia de mil, milhar
noun: 1. quilograma
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 quilo
- kilo- alternative
- quilos plural
- kilo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quilo?
- Brazil /ˈki.lu/
- Portugal /ˈki.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 quilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quilo in Portuguese?
quilo appears 4.1 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).