viúvo
Portuguese, noun/viˈu.vu/
viúvo is spelled V-I-Ú-V-O (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viúvo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “widower (person whose spouse died and who did not remarry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of viuvar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem a quem morreu a esposa e não voltou a casar”.
What does viúvo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
widowed (said of a person who is in a state of widowhood)
- 2
private
- 3
abandoned; helpless
- 4
said of a person who remains an admirer or defender of something or someone who has been ostracized, who has fallen into oblivion
noun
- 1
masculinewidower (person whose spouse died and who did not remarry)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of viuvar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de quem se encontra em estado de viuvez; desamparado; abandonado; privado
noun: 1. homem a quem morreu a esposa e não voltou a casar
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 viúvo
- viúva feminine
- viúvos masculine plural
- viúvas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viúvo?
- Brazil /viˈu.vu/
- Brazil /ˈvju.vu/
- Portugal /ˈvju.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viúvo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viúvo in Portuguese?
viúvo appears 1.5 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).