estribo
Portuguese, noun/isˈtɾi.bu/
estribo is spelled E-S-T-R-I-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estribo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stirrup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça metálica da sela onde a pessoa que monta põe o pé”.
What does estribo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestirrup
- 2
masculinestapes
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça metálica da sela onde a pessoa que monta põe o pé; 2. um dos três menores ossos do esqueleto humano, situado na orelha média (cavidade localizada entre o tímpano e o osso do crânio); 3. apoio, esteio, arrimo.
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 estribo
- estribos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estribo?
- Brazil /isˈtɾi.bu/
- Brazil /esˈtɾi.bu/
- Portugal /iʃ.ˈtɾi.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estribo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estribo in Portuguese?
estribo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).