uso
Portuguese, noun/ˈu.zu/
uso is spelled U-S-O (3 letters) and appears 269 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 343rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of usar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de usar”.
What does uso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineuse
- 2
masculineusage, habit
- 3
masculinewear (degradation)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of usar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de usar 2. utilidade 3. costume
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 uso
- usos plural
- usso alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uso?
- Brazil /ˈu.zu/
- Portugal /ˈu.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uso in Portuguese?
uso appears 269 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).