filtro
Portuguese, noun/ˈfiw.tɾu/
filtro is spelled F-I-L-T-R-O (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filtro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of filtrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “material ou aparelho que separa as matérias que se encontram misturadas em um líquido ou gás”.
What does filtro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedevice for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
- 2
masculineself-restraint in speech
Ela não tem filtro.
- 3
masculinea translucent object placed in the light path of a camera
- 4
masculineany item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
Filtro de spam.
- 5
masculinean appearance-altering digital image effect
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of filtrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. material ou aparelho que separa as matérias que se encontram misturadas em um líquido ou gás 2. aparelho utilizado para filtrar a água, tornando-a potável 3. substância existente em certos cigarros, cachimbos, charutos etc. que serve para reter parte da nicotina e do alcatrão inalados 4. aquilo que retém ou ameniza ondas sonoras, de radiação etc.
noun: 1. amavio
noun: 1. palavra-filtro
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 filtro
- filtros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filtro?
- Brazil /ˈfiw.tɾu/
- Brazil [ˈfiʊ̯.tɾu]
- Portugal /ˈfil.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filtro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filtro in Portuguese?
filtro appears 8.9 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).