airo
Portuguese, noun/ˈaj.ɾu/
airo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guillemot (any of the seabirds in the genus Uria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of airar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arau, arau-comum, ave marinha da família Alcidae, que faz lembrar um pinguim, da espécie Uria aalge”.
What does airo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguillemot (any of the seabirds in the genus Uria)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of airar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arau, arau-comum, ave marinha da família Alcidae, que faz lembrar um pinguim, da espécie Uria aalge
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of airo
- airos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce airo?
- Brazil /ˈaj.ɾu/
- Brazil [ˈaɪ̯.ɾu]
- Portugal /ˈaj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to airo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is airo in Portuguese?
airo appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).