trapo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾa.pu/
trapo is spelled T-R-A-P-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trapo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tatter (a shred of torn cloth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trapar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço de pano velho ou usado”.
What does trapo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetatter (a shred of torn cloth)
- 2
masculinerag (piece of old cloth)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of trapar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço de pano velho ou usado 2. vestimenta velha e rota 3. sedimentação com aparência de trapo, comum em bebidas fermentadas 4. degradado, decadente
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 trapo
- trapos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trapo?
- Brazil /ˈtɾa.pu/
- Portugal /ˈtɾa.pu/
- /ˈtɾa.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 trapo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trapo in Portuguese?
trapo 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).