Borôro
Portuguese, noun/bo.ˈɾo.ɾo/
Borôro is spelled B-O-R-Ô-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borôro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dated spelling of bororo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo do povo indígena macro-jê que habita Mato Grosso, Brasil”.
What does Borôro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedated spelling of bororo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dos bororos
noun: 1. indivíduo do povo indígena macro-jê que habita Mato Grosso, Brasil 2. língua macro-jê, aparentada do umutina, falada pelos bororos
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 Borôro?
- /bo.ˈɾo.ɾo/
- /bo."4o.4o/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Borôro in Portuguese?
Borôro appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).