zoo
Portuguese, noun
zoo is spelled Z-O-O (3 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clipping of jardim zoológico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of zoar. With an accent, zôo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of zoo; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jardim zoológico”.
What does zoo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of jardim zoológico
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of zoar
prefix
- 1
zoo-
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of zoo; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of zoo; 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. zoológico, jardim zoológico.
prefix: 1. relativo aos animais
noun: 1. jardim zoológico
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 zoo
- zoos plural
- zôo alternative
- zôos plural
- zô.o canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zoo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zoo in Portuguese?
zoo appears 2.8 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).