austro
Portuguese, noun/ˈaws.tɾu/
austro is spelled A-U-S-T-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Austro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the south” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vento do sul”.
What does austro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe south
- 2
masculinea southern wind
prefix
- 1
southern
prefix
- 1
Austro- (related to Austria; Austrian)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vento do sul 2. o sul
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.
How do you pronounce austro?
- Brazil /ˈaws.tɾu/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯s.tɾu]
- /ˈawʃ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is austro in Portuguese?
austro appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).