brilho
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾi.ʎu/
brilho is spelled B-R-I-L-H-O (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shine (brightness from a source of light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of brilhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “luz viva”.
What does brilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshine (brightness from a source of light)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of brilhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. luz viva 2. esplendor 3. claridade
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 brilho
- brilhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brilho?
- Brazil /ˈbɾi.ʎu/
- Portugal /ˈbɾi.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 brilho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brilho in Portuguese?
brilho appears 21 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).