borrelho
Portuguese, noun/boˈʁe.ʎu/
borrelho is spelled B-O-R-R-E-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borrelho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plover (any of the wading birds of the family Charadriidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “burrié (Littorina littorea)”.
What does borrelho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplover (any of the wading birds of the family Charadriidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. burrié (Littorina littorea) 2. ave palmípede aquática 3. ave limícola pequena, de forma redonda, do gênero Charadrius
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 borrelho
- borrelhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borrelho?
- Brazil /boˈʁe.ʎu/
- Brazil [boˈhe.ʎu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borrelho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borrelho in Portuguese?
borrelho appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).