# servo

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /ˈser.woː/ · frequency rank #10,270

## Definitions
1. tomar conta, guardar.
2. guardar, arrecadar.
3. proteger, preservar.
4. (figurativamente) permitir, deixar.

## Easily confused with
- **sexo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/servo-vs-sexo)
- **sexto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/servo-vs-sexto)
- **surto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/servo-vs-surto)
- **ser** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ser-vs-servo)
- **será** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sera-vs-servo)
- **seco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/seco-vs-servo)
- **selo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/selo-vs-servo)
- **seio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/seio-vs-servo)
- **sebo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sebo-vs-servo)
- **seno** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/seno-vs-servo)
- **seria** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/seria-vs-servo)
- **série** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/serie-vs-servo)
- **sério** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/serio-vs-servo)
- **serão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/serao-vs-servo)
- **serem** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/serem-vs-servo)
- **serra** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/serra-vs-servo)
- **seres** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/seres-vs-servo)
- **seção** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/secao-vs-servo)
- **senão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senao-vs-servo)
- **senso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/senso-vs-servo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`esrvo`, `serov`, `serrvo`, `servvo`, `sevro`, `srevo`, `sservo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/servo