idílio
Portuguese, noun/iˈd͡ʒi.lju/
idílio is spelled I-D-Í-L-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idílio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “idyll (poem or short written piece)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uma composição em prosa ou verso descrevendo geralmente cenas ou eventos pastoris”.
What does idílio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineidyll (poem or short written piece)
- 2
masculineromance; love affair
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma composição em prosa ou verso descrevendo geralmente cenas ou eventos pastoris 2. um texto (narrativo ou descritivo) simples em verso ou prosa 3. material apropriado para um tal tratamento literário 4. um relacionamento romântico breve e sem muita importância
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 idílio
- idílios plural
- idyllio alternative obsolete
- idylio alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idílio?
- Brazil /iˈd͡ʒi.lju/
- Portugal /iˈdi.lju/
- Portugal [iˈði.lju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to idílio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idílio in Portuguese?
idílio appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).