rumo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁũ.mu/
rumo is spelled R-U-M-O (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “course, path” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rumar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada uma das divisões da rosa-dos-ventos”.
What does rumo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourse, path
- 2
masculineheading, bearing
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rumar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada uma das divisões da rosa-dos-ventos 2. direção do navio 3. orientação 4. método
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 rumo
- rumos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rumo?
- Brazil /ˈʁũ.mu/
- Brazil [ˈhũ.mu]
- Portugal /ˈRu.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rumo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rumo in Portuguese?
rumo appears 28 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).