pô

From Latin pavor.

pô m (plural pôs)

1. fear

pô

1. water

• Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71

• Rhymes: -o

pô

1. Apocopic form of pôr; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. Eye dialect spelling of pôr, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Reduction of porra (“damn!”).

pô

1. (Brazil, vulgar) It expresses astonishment, annoyance, boredom

   Pô, que difícil!

   Damn, how difficult!

   Isso é legal, pô.

   Damn, this is cool.

In Brazil, pô is only very slightly less offensive than porra itself

pô

1. Contraction of pi lu (“for the”).

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɵ/
• Syllabification: pô

pô

1. Denotes location; behind [+accusative]
2. Denotes point to which an action lasts; up to [+accusative]
3. Denotes destination of movement; up to [+accusative]
4. Denotes distributive meaning with a numeral; each; per [+accusative]
5. Denotes conformity according to which something happens; along, according to [+dative]
6. Denotes distributive meaning with stô and tësinc; each [+dative]
7. With an ordinal numeral, denotes position in a sequence or enumeration; of all [+dative] or [+locative]
8. (rare) Denotes movement along a surface; along, around [+dative]
9. Denotes movement along a surface; along, around [+locative] or rarely [+dative]
10. Denotes time; after [+locative]

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “pʉ̀ɵ̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 898

• bô

From French pot d’échappement (literally “pot of escapement”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [po˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [pow˧˧]
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pô

1. Short for ống pô (“exhaust pipe”).