mauritano
Portuguese, noun/maw.ɾiˈtɐ̃.nu/
mauritano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Mauritanian (a person from Mauritania)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural ou habitante da Mauritânia”.
What does mauritano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Mauritanian (of or relating to Mauritania)
noun
- 1
masculineMauritanian (a person from Mauritania)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à Mauritânia 2. mouro
noun: 1. natural ou habitante da Mauritânia 2. mouro
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 mauritano
- mauritana feminine
- mauritanos masculine plural
- mauritanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mauritano?
- Brazil /maw.ɾiˈtɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil [maʊ̯.ɾiˈtɐ̃.nu]
- Portugal /maw.ɾiˈtɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mauritano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mauritano in Portuguese?
mauritano appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).