selo
Portuguese, noun
selo is spelled S-E-L-O (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “seal (e.g., on a document)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of selar. With an accent, sêlo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno objeto de metal (placa, coluna, anel) usados como assinatura do proprietário para selar e autenticar…”.
What does selo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseal (e.g., on a document)
- 2
masculinestamp (paper used to pay postage)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of selar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of selo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno objeto de metal (placa, coluna, anel) usados como assinatura do proprietário para selar e autenticar documentos e cartas 2. marca ou sinal feito com esse objeto 3. pequena etiqueta gomada que se coloca em envios postais para pagar o valor do transporte 4. marca oficial que indica a genuinidade de um produto
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 selo
- selos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to selo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is selo in Portuguese?
selo appears 15 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).