corno
Portuguese, noun/ˈkoʁ.nu/
corno is spelled C-O-R-N-O (5 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cornar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prolongamento do esqueleto na cabeça de certos animais, como vaca, alce ou algumas espécies de besouros…”.
What does corno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorn (growth on the heads of certain animals)
- 2
masculinevulgarcuckold
- 3
Portugalmasculinevulgarhead
Dói-me os cornos!
noun
- 1
masculinecornel, dogwood
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cornar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de marido que foi, ou que se diz atraiçoado pela esposa
noun: 1. prolongamento do esqueleto na cabeça de certos animais, como vaca, alce ou algumas espécies de besouros; geralmente ocorre aos pares; chifre, chavelho 2. homem vítima de adultério ou que se diz traído; marido traído
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 corno
- cornos plural
- metaphonic plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corno?
- Brazil /ˈkoʁ.nu/
- Brazil [ˈkoɦ.nu]
- Brazil /ˈkɔʁ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corno in Portuguese?
corno appears 4.4 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).