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barroso

Portuguese, adjective/baˈʁo.zu/

barroso is spelled B-A-R-R-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “muddy (full of mud)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “da natureza ou da cor do barro, cheio de barro, barrento”.

What does barroso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    muddy (full of mud)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. da natureza ou da cor do barro, cheio de barro, barrento 2. que tem espinhas no rosto 3. nos bovinos é uma pelagem de cor amarela clara, tendendo ao café com leite; o mesmo que barroseira; nos equinos um pouco mais escura

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais 2. sobrenome

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 barroso

  • barrosa feminine
  • barrosos masculine plural
  • barrosas feminine plural
  • metaphonic feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce barroso?

  • Brazil /baˈʁo.zu/
  • Brazil [baˈho.zu]
  • /baˈʁo.zu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to barroso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is barroso in Portuguese?

barroso appears 6.8 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).

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