shampoo
Portuguese, noun/ʃɐ̃ˈpu/
shampoo is spelled S-H-A-M-P-O-O (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shampoo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of xampu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver champô, xampu”.
What does shampoo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of xampu
- 2
masculinealternative form of champô
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver champô, xampu
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 shampoo
- shampoos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shampoo?
- Brazil /ʃɐ̃ˈpu/
- Portugal /ʃɐ̃ˈpo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is shampoo in Portuguese?
shampoo appears 3.2 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).