arauto
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾaw.tu/
arauto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “herald; messenger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na Idade Média, oficial que fazia as proclamações solenes, verificava títulos de nobreza, transmitia…”.
What does arauto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherald; messenger
- 2
masculineherald (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. na Idade Média, oficial que fazia as proclamações solenes, verificava títulos de nobreza, transmitia mensagens, anunciava a guerra e proclamava a paz 2. emissário; mensageiro; pregoeiro; núncio
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 arauto
- arautos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arauto?
- Brazil /aˈɾaw.tu/
- Brazil [aˈɾaʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ɐˈɾaw.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arauto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arauto in Portuguese?
arauto appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).