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xpto

Portuguese, adjective

xpto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cutting-edge (representing the forefront or the position of greatest advancement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, XPTO is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of xpto”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de boa qualidade; ótimo”.

What does xpto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Portugalcolloquialcutting-edge (representing the forefront or the position of greatest advancement)

adjective

as XPTO
  1. 1

    alternative letter-case form of xpto

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. de boa qualidade; ótimo

noun: 1. referência genérica para qualquer coisa, a exemplo dos termos "foo", "foobar" e "acme"

adjective: 1. impressionante; de boa qualidade ou de alta tecnologia

noun: 1. referência genérica para qualquer coisa, a exemplo dos termos "foo", "foobar" e "acme"

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 xpto

  • XPTO alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is xpto in Portuguese?

xpto appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).