voo
Portuguese, noun
voo is spelled V-O-O (3 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,999th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “flight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of voar. With an accent, vôo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of voo; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de voar”.
What does voo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflight
O voo foi cancelado.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of voar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of voo; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of voo; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de voar 2. modo de locomoção através do ar 3. elevação por projeção 4. queda de ponto elevado, controlada ou não
noun: 1. vide voo
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 voo
- vôos plural
- voos plural
- vôo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to voo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voo in Portuguese?
voo appears 30 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).