tho

or tho'

[ th oh ]

/ ðoʊ /

conjunction, adverb

an informal, simplified spelling of though.

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Discover The Influence Of Portuguese On English Via This Quiz!

We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?

Question 1 of 11

Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

crow

piranha

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Words nearby tho

thixotropic, thixotropy, thjalfi, thjazi, thjórsá, tho, tho', thohoyandou, thokk, thole, tholeiite

Example sentences from the Web for tho

PE, like fe, is another Hebrew letter, tho Greek and math people prefer their PI better.
National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words|David Bukszpan|April 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He is rich enough to buy it, nay he has Plenty of it, tho' he hardly ever touches it, when he is by himself.
A Letter to Dion|Bernard Mandeville
So mounts of ice, that polar heavens invade, Tho piled unseen thro night's long wintry shade.
The Columbiad|Joel Barlow
Tho' I am far from desiring they should stop there: I would have them endeavour to turn it into some useful Channel.
A Dialogue upon the Gardens|William Gilpin

Tho people, with whom he was a favourite, burnt his body in the Curia Hostilia, and the Curia with it.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch
But tho' she gave it this Turn, it made little or no Impression upon Madame.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz