calouro
Portuguese, noun/kaˈlo(w).ɾu/
calouro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of caloiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aluno que está ingressando em uma instituição universitária”.
What does calouro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of caloiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aluno que está ingressando em uma instituição universitária 2. novato
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 calouro
- calouros plural
- caloura feminine
- calouras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calouro?
- Brazil /kaˈlo(w).ɾu/
- Brazil [kaˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐˈlo(w).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 calouro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calouro in Portuguese?
calouro appears 1.5 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).