escaravelho
Portuguese, noun/is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/
escaravelho is spelled E-S-C-A-R-A-V-E-L-H-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escaravelho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “beetle (insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de besouro de esterco da família dos Escarabeídeos”.
What does escaravelho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeetle (insect)
- 2
masculinescarab
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de besouro de esterco da família dos Escarabeídeos
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 escaravelho
- escaravelhos plural
- escarabelho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escaravelho?
- Brazil /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/
- Brazil /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/
- Brazil /is.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escaravelho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escaravelho in Portuguese?
escaravelho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).