coro
Portuguese, noun
coro is spelled C-O-R-O (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,260th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “choir (singing group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of corar. With an accent, coró is a different word: “grub (larva of a scarab beetle)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupo musical formado apenas por cantores, exordialmente muito comum em igrejas”.
What does coro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechoir (singing group)
Eu canto num coro.
- 2
masculinechoir (part of a church or concert hall where the choir assembles)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of corar
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinegrub (larva of a scarab beetle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupo musical formado apenas por cantores, exordialmente muito comum em igrejas
noun: 1. verme, bicho, larva que vive em paus ou em esterco, e que serve como isca de pescaria
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 coro
- coros plural
- metaphonic plural
- côro alternative
- corós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to coro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coro in Portuguese?
coro appears 10 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).