Polyglot Dictionary

povo

/ˈpovu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os povos

Meaning

  1. people

    • O povo votou.

      The people voted.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gente

gente is more colloquial and everyday, "people" in general conversation; povo is more formal or collective, like a nation's people — both mean "people."

Similar in other languages

German

Leute

Leute is the German word for the same thing — both mean "people."

Spanish

gente

gente is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "people."

French

gens

gens is the French word for the same thing — both mean "people."

Practice

1 What does povo mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ votou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches povo?

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