granizo
Portuguese, noun/ɡɾaˈni.zu/
granizo is spelled G-R-A-N-I-Z-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Granizo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hail (balls of ice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of granizar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo…”.
What does granizo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehail (balls of ice)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of granizar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra
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 granizo
- granizos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce granizo?
- Brazil /ɡɾaˈni.zu/
- Portugal /ɡɾɐˈni.zu/
- Portugal /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to granizo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is granizo in Portuguese?
granizo appears 1.3 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).