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status quo

Portuguese, noun/isˈta.tus ˈkwo/

status quo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “status quo (the state of things)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does status quo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestatus quo (the state of things)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. estado estabelecido

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 status quo

  • estatu quo alternative
  • estatus quo alternative
  • statu quo alternative

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

How do you pronounce status quo?

  • Brazil /isˈta.tus ˈkwo/
  • Brazil /isˈta.tus ˈkwɔ/

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

English words that translate to status quo

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