crioulo
Portuguese, noun/kɾiˈo(w).lu/
crioulo is spelled C-R-I-O-U-L-O (7 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crioulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “creole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “idioma ou dialeto resultante da mistura de uma língua dominante, normalmente europeia, com uma ou mais…”.
What does crioulo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecreole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language)
Crioulos de base portuguesa.
- 2
masculineCape Verdean Creole; Crioulo
- 3
masculinecrioulo (a horse breed of South America)
noun
- 1
masculinecriollo (a descendant of European settlers who is born in a colony)
- 2
masculinea slave born at the house of his master
- 3
masculinea black person born in the Americas
- 4
masculineCreole (a person of mixed African and European ancestry born in a colony or former colony)
- 5
Brazildatedmasculinenigger; negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)
adjective
- 1
Creole (of mixed black and European descent)
- 2
Creole (pertaining to Creole culture)
Adoro música crioula.
- 3
Brazildatedblack (of sub-Saharan African descent)
- 4
relating to creole languages
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aborígene; autóctone
noun: 1. idioma ou dialeto resultante da mistura de uma língua dominante, normalmente europeia, com uma ou mais línguas nativas 2. dialeto português falado em Cabo Verde e noutras antigas colônias portuguesas 3. indivíduo nascido na América e descendente de europeu 4. negro nascido no Brasil
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 crioulo
- crioulos plural
- crioula feminine
- crioulas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crioulo?
- Brazil /kɾiˈo(w).lu/
- Brazil [kɾiˈo(ʊ̯).lu]
- Portugal /kɾiˈo(w).lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crioulo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crioulo in Portuguese?
crioulo appears 4.5 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).