garajau
Portuguese, noun/ɡa.ɾaˈʒaw/
garajau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “common tern (Sterna hirundo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cesta feita de cipós”.
What does garajau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommon tern (Sterna hirundo)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cesta feita de cipós
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 garajau
- garajaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garajau?
- Brazil /ɡa.ɾaˈʒaw/
- Brazil [ɡa.ɾaˈʒaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɡɐ.ɾɐˈʒaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garajau in Portuguese?
garajau appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).