raposo
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈpo.zu/
raposo is spelled R-A-P-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raposo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a male fox (animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of raposar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o macho da raposa”.
What does raposo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
foxlike in colour
noun
- 1
masculinea male fox (animal)
- 2
masculinecrafty / wily person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of raposar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (bovino) de cor parecida com a da raposa
noun: 1. o macho da raposa 2. indivíduo ardiloso
noun: 1. denominação de um peixe seláceo esqualiforme
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português
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 raposo
- raposa feminine
- raposos masculine plural
- raposas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raposo?
- Brazil /ʁaˈpo.zu/
- Brazil [haˈpo.zu]
- /ʁaˈpo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raposo in Portuguese?
raposo appears 1.9 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).