sumo
Portuguese, noun
sumo is spelled S-U-M-O (4 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “summit, top” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sumir. With an accent, sumô is a different word: “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of sumo”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “suco”.
What does sumo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
highest, greatest
noun
- 1
masculinesummit, top
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinejuice
noun
- 1
masculinesumo
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sumir
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of sumo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. supremo, máximo 2. alto, que está no lugar mais elevado
noun: 1. suco
noun: 1. luta japonesa, de origem antiga e ritual elaborado, mais longo que o próprio combate em si, praticada por adversários excepcionalmente grandes e corpulentos, que utilizam técnicas de preensão, cada um buscando projetar o outro para o chão ou para fora de um espaço circular limitado 2. o lutador dessa luta
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 sumo
- suma feminine
- sumos masculine plural
- sumas feminine plural
- çumo alternative
- çume alternative
- sumô alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sumo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sumo in Portuguese?
sumo appears 7.4 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).