couro
Portuguese, noun/ˈko(w).ɾu/
couro is spelled C-O-U-R-O (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,752nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pele animal curtida”.
What does couro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
- 2
masculinehide (skin of an animal)
- 3
masculinebeating, beatdown
Esse cara vai levar um couro já-já!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pele animal curtida 2. condição ou estado de bem-estar de alguém
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 couro
- couros plural
- coiro alternative
- cuiro alternative archaic dialectal
- cuoiro alternative archaic dialectal
- cueiro alternative archaic dialectal
- coro alternative archaic dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couro?
- Brazil /ˈko(w).ɾu/
- Brazil [ˈko(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ˈko(w).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 couro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couro in Portuguese?
couro appears 11 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).