overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

polo.

pole (geographic, magnetic)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɔ.lu/Brazil/ˈpɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. pole (geographic, magnetic)

    masculine
  2. pole

    masculine
  3. extreme opposite

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin polus (“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

noun/ˈpɔ.lu/Brazil/ˈpɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. polo (ball game)

    masculine · uncountable
  2. polo shirt, polo

    countable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, “ball”).

noun/ˈpo.lu/Brazil/ˈpo.lu/Portugal
  1. eyas

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH-on- (“offspring; [animal] young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

contraction/pu.lu/Brazil/pu.lu/Portugal
  1. contraction of por + o, literally “by the”

    abbreviation · alt-of · archaic · contraction
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

polo has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

polo studiopolo workshello, polo

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.