cheiro
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃe(j).ɾu/
cheiro is spelled C-H-E-I-R-O (6 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,091st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “smell (sensation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cheirar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “odor, aroma”.
What does cheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmell (sensation)
- 2
masculinesmell (sense of smell)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cheirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. odor, aroma 2. toque com a face, em especial os lábios e o nariz, em que se ventila aspirando sobretudo pela narina o ar bem próximo da pele doutra pessoa, costumeiramente no pescoço 3. afago simbólico em forma de palavra cheiro pronunciada equivalente em ternura a um cheiro físico dado
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 cheiro
- cheiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheiro?
- Brazil /ˈʃe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ˈʃɐj.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 cheiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cheiro in Portuguese?
cheiro appears 45 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).