colorau
Portuguese, noun/ko.loˈɾaw/
colorau is spelled C-O-L-O-R-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colorau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “red food dye made from achiote berries or bell peppers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pó vermelho de pimentão seco que serve para temperar os alimentos”.
What does colorau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinered food dye made from achiote berries or bell peppers
- 2
masculinepaprika
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pó vermelho de pimentão seco que serve para temperar os alimentos
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 colorau
- coloraus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colorau?
- Brazil /ko.loˈɾaw/
- Brazil [ko.loˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ku.luˈɾaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colorau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colorau in Portuguese?
colorau appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).