recuo
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈku.u/
recuo is spelled R-E-C-U-O (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,223rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recuo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “backward movement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of recuar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de recuar”.
What does recuo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebackward movement
- 2
masculineretreat
- 3
masculinehesitation
- 4
masculinerecoil (of a firearm)
- 5
masculineindentation (of a margin)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of recuar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de recuar
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 recuo
- recuos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recuo?
- Brazil /ʁeˈku.u/
- Brazil [heˈku.u]
- /ʁeˈku.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recuo in Portuguese?
recuo appears 3.0 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).