roxo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁo.ʃu/
roxo is spelled R-O-X-O (4 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roxo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “purple (colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cor resultante da junção do encarnado com o azul; cor da ametista”.
What does roxo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having purple as its color
- 2
being bruised
- 3
overcome with envy; green
está roxo de inveja
- 4
obsoletered
o Mar Roxo
noun
- 1
masculinepurple (colour)
- 2
informalmasculinea bruise
- 3
masculineobsoletered (colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem uma cor que resulta da junção do encarnado com o azul 2. que é dessa cor, resultante de uma contusão ou pancada 3. que é dessa mesma cor, devido ao frio ou a uma emoção forte 4. que aparenta a mesma cor devido a vergonha ou a timidez
noun: 1. cor resultante da junção do encarnado com o azul; cor da ametista 2. encarnado 3. vinho tinto 4. mistura de café com aguardente
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 roxo
- roxa feminine
- roxos masculine plural
- roxas feminine plural
- roxinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roxo?
- Brazil /ˈʁo.ʃu/
- Brazil [ˈho.ʃu]
- /ˈʁo.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roxo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roxo in Portuguese?
roxo appears 8.9 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).