guru
Portuguese, noun/ɡuˈɾu/
guru is spelled G-U-R-U (4 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guru is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guru (spiritual teacher)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa muito respeitada pelo conhecimento que possui”.
What does guru mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguru (spiritual teacher)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineguru (advisor, mentor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa muito respeitada pelo conhecimento que possui 2. líder espiritual
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 guru
- gurus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guru?
- Brazil /ɡuˈɾu/
- Portugal /ɡuˈɾu/
- Portugal /ɡu.ˈɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guru in Portuguese?
guru appears 4.0 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).