voto
Portuguese, noun/ˈvɔ.tu/
voto is spelled V-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,387th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vote (a formalised choice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of votar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a ação de votar”.
What does voto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevote (a formalised choice)
- 2
masculinevote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)
- 3
masculinevow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 4
masculinean offering given during a vow
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of votar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a ação de votar 2. a cédula eleitoral 3. promessa 4. idioma do grupo fino-úgrico, quase extinto, falado na Íngria
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 voto
- votos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voto?
- Brazil /ˈvɔ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈvɔ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈbɔ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voto in Portuguese?
voto appears 69 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).