garoa
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈɾo.ɐ/
garoa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “drizzle (light rain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of garoar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nevoeiro fino”.
What does garoa mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininedrizzle (light rain)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of garoar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nevoeiro fino 2. chuva miúda e contínua 3. lebreia
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 garoa
- garoas plural
- garôa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garoa?
- Brazil /ɡaˈɾo.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈɾo.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garoa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garoa in Portuguese?
garoa appears 1.1 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).