veio
Portuguese, noun
veio is spelled V-E-I-O (4 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vein (stripe or streak of a different colour or composition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular preterite indicative of vir. With an accent, véio is a different word: “pronunciation spelling of velho, representing dialectal, Brazil…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filão, na extração mineira acúmulo de mineral em camada, que segue uma direção, fieira”.
What does veio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevein (stripe or streak of a different colour or composition)
- 2
masculinevein (thin deposit of a mineral or metal)
- 3
masculinerivulet (a very small stream)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of véio
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of véio
interjection
- 1
alternative spelling of véio
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of vir
adjective
- 1
pronunciation spelling of velho, representing dialectal, Brazil Portuguese
noun
- 1
masculinepronunciation spelling of velho, representing dialectal, Brazil Portuguese
interjection
- 1
pronunciation spelling of velho, representing dialectal, Brazil Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filão, na extração mineira acúmulo de mineral em camada, que segue uma direção, fieira 2. fio de um líquido corrente 3. palhas de trigo ou centeio que entrelaçadas servem para atar feixes 4. no moinho de água, eixo que transmite o movimento do rodízio à mó
noun: 1. forma não-padrão da palavra velho 2. homem idoso 3. pessoa, cara, fulano
adjective: 1. vide veio
noun: 1. vide veio
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 veio
- veios plural
- vêio alternative obsolete
- veia feminine
- veias feminine plural
- veio! canonical
- véia feminine
- véios masculine plural
- véias feminine plural
- véi alternative
- veio alternative
- véio! canonical
- veyo alternative obsolete
- veo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to veio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veio in Portuguese?
veio appears 132 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).