timo
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃĩ.mu/
timo is spelled T-I-M-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thymus (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “glândula linfoide primária especializada do sistema imunológico”.
What does timo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethymus (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. glândula linfoide primária especializada do sistema imunológico
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 timo
- timos plural
- thymo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timo?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈti.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timo in Portuguese?
timo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).