esquilo
Portuguese, noun/isˈki.lu/
esquilo is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-L-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquilo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “squirrel (any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of esquilar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero roedor da família Sciuridae”.
What does esquilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquirrel (any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail)
O esquilo trepou à árvore.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of esquilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero roedor da família Sciuridae
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 esquilo
- esquilos plural
- esquila feminine
- esquilas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquilo?
- Brazil /isˈki.lu/
- Brazil /esˈki.lu/
- /iʃˈki.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 esquilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esquilo in Portuguese?
esquilo appears 1.9 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).