arau
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾaw/
arau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guillemot (any of the seabirds in the genus Uria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome que recebem diversas aves marinhas da família Alcidae, também conhecidas por tordas ou airos”.
What does arau mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineguillemot (any of the seabirds in the genus Uria)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome que recebem diversas aves marinhas da família Alcidae, também conhecidas por tordas ou airos
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 arau
- araus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arau?
- Brazil /aˈɾaw/
- Brazil [aˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɐˈɾaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arau in Portuguese?
arau appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).