claustro
Portuguese, noun/ˈklaws.tɾu/
claustro is spelled C-L-A-U-S-T-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claustro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cloister” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pátio interior de um convento”.
What does claustro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecloister
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pátio interior de um convento 2. vida monástica 3. convento
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 claustro
- claustros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claustro?
- Brazil /ˈklaws.tɾu/
- Brazil [ˈklaʊ̯s.tɾu]
- /ˈklawʃ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to claustro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is claustro in Portuguese?
claustro appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).