hermano
Portuguese, noun/eʁˈmɐ̃.nu/
hermano is spelled H-E-R-M-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hermano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Hispanic American, chiefly an Argentinian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prenome masculino”.
What does hermano mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilinformalmasculineHispanic American, chiefly an Argentinian
- 2
PortugalinformalmasculineSpaniard
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 hermano
- hermanos plural
- hermana feminine
- hermanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hermano?
- Brazil /eʁˈmɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil [eɦˈmɐ̃.nu]
- /eɾˈmɐ̃.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hermano in Portuguese?
hermano appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).