refresco
Portuguese, noun
refresco is spelled R-E-F-R-E-S-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refresco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a refreshing drink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of refrescar. With an accent, refrêsco is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coisa que refresca”.
What does refresco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea refreshing drink
- 2
masculinesolace (comfort or consolation in a time of distress)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of refrescar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of refresco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coisa que refresca 2. bebida fresca 3. refrigerante 4. auxílio
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 refresco
- refrescos plural
- refrêsco alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to refresco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refresco in Portuguese?
refresco 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).