brío
Spanish, noun/ˈbɾio/
brío is spelled B-R-Í-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “vigour, mettle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pujanza; resolución y fuerza grande y mantenida con que se impulsa una acción”.
What does brío mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevigour, mettle
- 2
masculinezest, zeal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pujanza; resolución y fuerza grande y mantenida con que se impulsa una acción. 2. Comportamiento vivaz y resuelto. 3. Espíritu, valor, resolución.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brío
- bríos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brío?
- /ˈbɾio/
- [ˈbɾi.o]
- [ˈbɾio]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brío in Spanish?
brío appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).