esterco
Portuguese, noun/isˈteʁ.ku/
esterco is spelled E-S-T-E-R-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esterco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dung, manure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of estercar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “excrementos de animais misturados com restos vegetais, em decomposição, ou já descompostos, que servem para…”.
What does esterco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedung, manure
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of estercar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. excrementos de animais misturados com restos vegetais, em decomposição, ou já descompostos, que servem para volver-lhe a fertilidade ao terreno depois das culturas e assim favorecer as novas plantações 2. estrume, qualquer desperdício descomposto que serve como adubo da terra
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 esterco
- estercos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esterco?
- Brazil /isˈteʁ.ku/
- Brazil [isˈteh.ku]
- Brazil /esˈteʁ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esterco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esterco in Portuguese?
esterco appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).