centro
Portuguese, noun/ˈsẽ.tɾu/
centro is spelled C-E-N-T-R-O (6 letters) and appears 295 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “centre (middle of anything)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of centrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponto que se encontra à mesma distância de todos os pontos da circunferência ou da superfície da esfera”.
What does centro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentre (middle of anything)
- 2
masculinecenter (point on a line midway between the ends)
- 3
masculinedowntown
- 4
BrazilmasculineAn Umbanda house of worship or temple
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of centrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponto que se encontra à mesma distância de todos os pontos da circunferência ou da superfície da esfera 2. local com maior movimento numa cidade, onde alguma ação se exerce com mais intensidade
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo centrar
noun: 1. região administrativa da França
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 centro
- centros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centro?
- Brazil /ˈsẽ.tɾu/
- Portugal /ˈsẽ.tɾu/
- Brazil /ˈsẽ.tɾo/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centro in Portuguese?
centro appears 295 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).