tipo
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃi.pu/
tipo is spelled T-I-P-O (4 letters) and appears 490 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 190th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tipo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kind; sort; type (grouping based on shared characteristics)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tipar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “série de características que definem as coisas”.
What does tipo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekind; sort; type (grouping based on shared characteristics)
Este tipo de fruta é muito doce.
- 2
masculinetype (letter or character used for printing)
- 3
masculinea language type in typology
noun
- 1
masculineguy; bloke (unspecified or unknown man)
Do nada, apareceu um tipo em minha casa.
particle
- 1
informal(just) like; comparable to; similar to
Lobos são tipo cães só que maiores e mais selvagens.
- 2
informallike; such as; for instance
Queria ter um animal fofo, tipo um gato.
- 3
informallike (mild intensifier)
Eu tive que, tipo, ler um livro.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tipar
suffix
- 1
masculine-type
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. série de características que definem as coisas 2. cunho tipográfico; carácter 3. modelo, exemplar
noun: 1. qualquer pessoa; pessoa excêntrica
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 tipo
- tipos plural
- typo alternative
- tipa feminine
- tipas feminine plural
- tipinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tipo?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃi.pu/
- Portugal /ˈti.pu/
- /ˈti.pu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tipo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tipo in Portuguese?
tipo appears 490 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).