biruta
Portuguese, noun/biˈɾu.tɐ/
biruta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “windsock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho capaz de mostrar a direção do vento”.
What does biruta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewindsock
- 2
femininecrazy, insane
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de pessoa doida, sem juízo, desligada do mundo real
noun: 1. aparelho capaz de mostrar a direção do vento 2. pessoa doida, sem juízo, desligada do mundo real
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 biruta
- birutas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biruta?
- Brazil /biˈɾu.tɐ/
- Portugal /biˈɾu.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to biruta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is biruta in Portuguese?
biruta appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).