hirto
Portuguese, adjective/ˈiʁ.tu/
hirto is spelled H-I-R-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “stiff, rigid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “duro”.
What does hirto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stiff, rigid
- 2
erect
- 3
still
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. duro 2. inteiriçado 3. retesado 4. ereto
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 hirto
- hirta feminine
- hirtos masculine plural
- hirtas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hirto?
- Brazil /ˈiʁ.tu/
- Brazil [ˈih.tu]
- /ˈiɾ.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 hirto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hirto in Portuguese?
hirto appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).