tofo
Portuguese, noun/ˈto.fu/
tofo is spelled T-O-F-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tofo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tophus (deposit of monosodium urate in the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “induração calcária formada em órgãos ou perto das articulações”.
What does tofo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetophus (deposit of monosodium urate in the body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. induração calcária formada em órgãos ou perto das articulações 2. depósito sedimentar formado pelas cinzas e pelas pedras expelidas pelos vulcões
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 tofo
- tofos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tofo?
- Brazil /ˈto.fu/
- Portugal /ˈto.fu/
- /ˈtofu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tofo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tofo in Portuguese?
tofo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).