vovó
Portuguese, noun
vovó is spelled V-O-V-Ó (4 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vovó is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “granny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, vovô is a different word: “grandpa”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “avó”.
What does vovó mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegranny
Coordinate term: vovô
noun
- 1
masculinegrandpa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. avó
noun: 1. avô 2. homem idoso
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 vovó
- vovós plural
- vovô masculine
- vovôs masculine plural
- vovó feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vovó
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vovó in Portuguese?
vovó appears 8.1 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).