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gastro

Portuguese, noun/ˈɡas.tɾu/

gastro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “big-bellied Roman vessel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does gastro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebig-bellied Roman vessel

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfeminineclipping of gastroenterologia (“gastroenterology”)

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculineclipping of gastroenterologista (“gastroenterologist”)

prefix

as gastro-
  1. 1

    gastro-

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of gastro

  • gastros plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gastro?

  • Brazil /ˈɡas.tɾu/
  • /ˈɡaʃ.tɾu/
  • Portugal /ˈɡaʃ.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 gastro

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gastro in Portuguese?

gastro 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).