berço
Portuguese, noun/ˈbeʁ.su/
berço is spelled B-E-R-Ç-O (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cradle, crib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of berçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “leito de criança”.
What does berço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecradle, crib
- 2
masculinebirthplace
- 3
masculinea type of short cannon
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of berçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leito de criança 2. origem
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 berço
- berços plural
- berce alternative Northern Portugal
- brece alternative Northern Portugal
- breço alternative dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berço?
- Brazil /ˈbeʁ.su/
- Brazil [ˈbeh.su]
- /ˈbeɾ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to berço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is berço in Portuguese?
berço appears 8.3 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).