caibro
Portuguese, noun/ˈkaj.bɾu/
caibro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rafter (or similar beam)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nos telhados, peça de madeira que vai da beira do telhado, do frechal, até a cumeeira”.
What does caibro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerafter (or similar beam)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nos telhados, peça de madeira que vai da beira do telhado, do frechal, até a cumeeira 2. vara 3. barrote, peça de seção retangular que faz parte de uma estrutura 4. no carro de bois, na roda, cada uma das peças laterais ao meão
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 caibro
- caibros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caibro?
- Brazil /ˈkaj.bɾu/
- Brazil [ˈkaɪ̯.bɾu]
- Portugal /ˈkaj.bɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caibro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caibro in Portuguese?
caibro appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).