Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine, uncountable, usually) powder
  2. (masculine, uncountable, usually) dust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
  3. (masculine, slang, uncountable, usually) cocaine

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɔ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese poo, from Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus n, from Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Compare Galician po, Spanish polvo.

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