centauro
Portuguese, noun/sẽˈtaw.ɾu/
centauro is spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-O (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centauro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “centaur (mythical half horse, half man)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criatura que é metade homem metade cavalo; até a cintura ele é homem dali para baixo é um cavalo”.
What does centauro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentaur (mythical half horse, half man)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. criatura que é metade homem metade cavalo; até a cintura ele é homem dali para baixo é um cavalo 2. tipo de corpos menores do sistema solar que orbitam entre Júpiter e Netuno
noun: 1. constelação austral situada entre Crux e Vela; seu nome latino é Centaurus e sua abreviatura Cen
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 centauro
- centauros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centauro?
- Brazil /sẽˈtaw.ɾu/
- Brazil [sẽˈtaʊ̯.ɾu]
- Portugal /sẽˈtaw.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 centauro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centauro in Portuguese?
centauro appears 1.0 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).