grilo
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾi.lu/
grilo is spelled G-R-I-L-O (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grilo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of grilar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto da ordem dos ortópteros cujo macho produz um som característico (Gryllus campestris)”.
What does grilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
- 2
informalmasculineclock or watch
- 3
Brazilinformalmasculineworry, concern
- 4
masculineone of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of grilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto da ordem dos ortópteros cujo macho produz um som característico (Gryllus campestris)
noun: 1. grelo da batata
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 grilo
- grilos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grilo?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾi.lu/
- Portugal /ˈɡɾi.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grilo in Portuguese?
grilo appears 2.1 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).