mano
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɐ̃.nu/
mano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brother, male sibling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of manar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “irmão (todas as acepções, exceto Religião)”.
What does mano mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinebrother, male sibling
- 2
informalmasculinebro, homie
Esse cara aí é o meu mano
interjection
- 1
informaldude, bro, man
Mano, assiste esse vídeo que eu te mandei!
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of manar
suffix
- 1
masculine-mane, -maniac
suffix
- 1
-mane, -manic, -maniacal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. irmão (todas as acepções, exceto Religião)
noun: 1. mesmo que mão
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 mano
- manos plural
- mana feminine
- manas feminine plural
- mano! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mano?
- Brazil /ˈmɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /ˈmɐ.nu/
- Portugal /ˈma.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mano in Portuguese?
mano appears 25 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).