grelo
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾe.lu/
grelo is spelled G-R-E-L-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sprout (new growth on a plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gema que se desenvolve na semente, bolbo ou tubérculo e brota da terra; broto”.
What does grelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesprout (new growth on a plant)
- 2
masculineturnip greens
- 3
masculineslangvulgarclitoris, clit or clitty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gema que se desenvolve na semente, bolbo ou tubérculo e brota da terra; broto 2. haste de algumas plantas, em que deverão desabrochar as flores, geralmente das crucíferas, especialmente referido ao grelo do nabo 3. clitóris 4. pequena fita estreita que orna a pasta dos universitários quartanistas e é queimada na cerimônia da Queima das Fitas, de antiga tradição coimbrã
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 grelo
- grelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grelo?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾe.lu/
- Portugal /ˈɡɾe.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grelo in Portuguese?
grelo 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).