gueto
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡe.tu/
gueto is spelled G-U-E-T-O (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gueto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ghetto (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bairro onde, em algumas cidades europeias, os judeus eram obrigados a morar”.
What does gueto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineghetto (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- 2
masculineghetto (very impoverished or segregated area of a city)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bairro onde, em algumas cidades europeias, os judeus eram obrigados a morar 2. bairro ou região de uma cidade onde vivem os membros de uma etnia ou qualquer outro grupo minoritário, frequentemente devido a injunções, pressões ou circunstâncias econômicas ou sociais 3. todo reduto minoritário ou resultante de tratamento discriminatório
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 gueto
- guetos plural
- ghetto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gueto?
- Brazil /ˈɡe.tu/
- Portugal /ˈɡe.tu/
- Portugal /ˈɡɛ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gueto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gueto in Portuguese?
gueto appears 2.0 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).