tamo
Portuguese, verb/ˈtɐ̃.mu/
tamo is spelled T-A-M-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamo is a Portuguese verb meaning “eye dialect spelling of estamos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tamo mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazileye dialect spelling of estamos
Tamo junto!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta diurética e purgativa, seu nome científico é Tamus communis
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 tamo
- tamos alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamo?
- Brazil /ˈtɐ̃.mu/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tamo in Portuguese?
tamo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).