crivo
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾi.vu/
crivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sieve (device to separate larger objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of crivar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utensílio com o fundo perfurado e que se usa para separar fragmentos, grãos, pedras preciosas e congêneres…”.
What does crivo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesieve (device to separate larger objects)
- 2
masculinesieve (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
noun
- 1
datedmasculineslangcigarette, especially one that smells like cloves
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of crivar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. utensílio com o fundo perfurado e que se usa para separar fragmentos, grãos, pedras preciosas e congêneres, de acordo com o volume e a espessura; joeira, peneira
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 crivo
- crivos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crivo?
- Brazil /ˈkɾi.vu/
- Portugal /ˈkɾi.vu/
- Portugal /ˈkɾi.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crivo in Portuguese?
crivo appears 1.1 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).