barro
Portuguese, noun/ˈba.ʁu/
barro is spelled B-A-R-R-O (5 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of barrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a matéria-prima para a cerâmica e a olaria”.
What does barro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemud
- 2
masculineclay
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of barrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a matéria-prima para a cerâmica e a olaria 2. terra amansável 3. excremento, fezes
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Ceará 2. região do distrito de Beja no Baixo Alentejo
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 barro
- barros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barro?
- Brazil /ˈba.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˈba.hu]
- /ˈba.ʁu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barro in Portuguese?
barro appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).