refluxo
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈfluk.su/
refluxo is spelled R-E-F-L-U-X-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refluxo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reflux (backwards flow of any fluid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “movimento de retorno de um fluido ao ponto de origem ou direção contrária ao fluxo normal”.
What does refluxo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereflux (backwards flow of any fluid)
- 2
masculineebb (receding movement of the tide)
- 3
masculinereflux (leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus)
- 4
masculinereflux (liquid that returns to the fractionating column)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. movimento de retorno de um fluido ao ponto de origem ou direção contrária ao fluxo normal 2. retorno de conteúdo gástrico para o esôfago, geralmente causado por disfunção do esfíncter esofágico inferior; pode provocar azia, dor retroesternal ou inflamação 3. retrocesso ou reversão de um processo, tendência ou situação; regressão, retorno
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 refluxo
- refluxos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refluxo?
- Brazil /ʁeˈfluk.su/
- Brazil [heˈfluk.su]
- /ʁeˈfluk.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refluxo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refluxo in Portuguese?
refluxo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).