estribilho
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾiˈbi.ʎu/
estribilho is spelled E-S-T-R-I-B-I-L-H-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estribilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “refrain (one or more verses repeated at the end of each stanza)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “versos que se repetem depois de uma ou mais estrofes, ou seja, o refrão”.
What does estribilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefrain (one or more verses repeated at the end of each stanza)
- 2
masculinechorus; refrain (a part of a song repeated between verses)
- 3
masculinean expression that a person constantly repeats when writing or speaking
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. versos que se repetem depois de uma ou mais estrofes, ou seja, o refrão
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 estribilho
- estribilhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estribilho?
- Brazil /is.tɾiˈbi.ʎu/
- Brazil /es.tɾiˈbi.ʎu/
- /iʃ.tɾiˈbi.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estribilho in Portuguese?
estribilho appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).