cerol
Portuguese, noun/seˈɾɔw/
cerol is spelled C-E-R-O-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shoemakers wax (mass of wax, pitch and tallow for waxing yarn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vidro moído com cola que é aplicado em linhas de pipas para cortar linhas de outras pipas”.
What does cerol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshoemakers wax (mass of wax, pitch and tallow for waxing yarn)
- 2
Brazilmasculinemanja (mixture of glue and ground glass, which is passed on the line of a kite for kite fighting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vidro moído com cola que é aplicado em linhas de pipas para cortar linhas de outras pipas
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 cerol
- ceróis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerol?
- Brazil /seˈɾɔw/
- Brazil [seˈɾɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /sɨˈɾɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cerol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cerol in Portuguese?
cerol appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).