repouso
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈpo(w).zu/
repouso is spelled R-E-P-O-U-S-O (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repouso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “repose; rest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of repousar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de repousar, descanso”.
What does repouso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerepose; rest
- 2
masculinethe act of resting
- 3
masculinerepose; quietness
- 4
masculinesleep (state of reduced consciousness for resting)
- 5
masculinethe state of being dead
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of repousar
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 repousar, descanso 2. sossego, tranquilidade, calma
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 repouso
- repousos plural
- repoiso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repouso?
- Brazil /ʁeˈpo(w).zu/
- Brazil [heˈpo(ʊ̯).zu]
- /ʁeˈpo(w).zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to repouso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repouso in Portuguese?
repouso appears 5.6 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).