escuro
Portuguese, noun/isˈku.ɾu/
escuro is spelled E-S-C-U-R-O (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,133rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escuro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local não iluminado”.
What does escuro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dark
noun
- 1
masculinedark
Eu tenho medo do escuro.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não iluminado 2. diz-se da cor de baixa luminosidade
noun: 1. local não iluminado
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 escuro
- escura feminine
- escuros masculine plural
- escuras feminine plural
- mais escuro comparative
- o mais escuro superlative
- escuríssimo superlative
- escurinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escuro?
- Brazil /isˈku.ɾu/
- Brazil /esˈku.ɾu/
- /iʃˈku.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 escuro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escuro in Portuguese?
escuro appears 28 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).