caloiro
Portuguese, noun/kaˈloj.ɾu/
caloiro is spelled C-A-L-O-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caloiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “freshman (a person in the first year of an institution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estudante do primeiro ano de um curso superior”.
What does caloiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefreshman (a person in the first year of an institution)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estudante do primeiro ano de um curso superior
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 caloiro
- caloiros plural
- caloira feminine
- caloiras feminine plural
- calouro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caloiro?
- Brazil /kaˈloj.ɾu/
- Brazil [kaˈloɪ̯.ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐˈloj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caloiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caloiro in Portuguese?
caloiro appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).