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símbolo

Portuguese, noun/ˈsĩ.bo.lu/

símbolo is spelled S-Í-M-B-O-L-O (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,566th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Símbolo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “symbol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento representativo visível que, por analogia, substitui um objeto, conceito, ideia ou qualidade”.

What does símbolo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesymbol

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. elemento representativo visível que, por analogia, substitui um objeto, conceito, ideia ou qualidade 2. emblema, insígnia, sinal, signo 3. pessoa que representa um determinado estilo ou comportamento

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 símbolo

  • símbolos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce símbolo?

  • Brazil /ˈsĩ.bo.lu/
  • Portugal /ˈsĩ.bu.lu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to símbolo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is símbolo in Portuguese?

símbolo appears 35 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).

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