medronho
Portuguese, noun/meˈdɾõ.ɲu/
medronho is spelled M-E-D-R-O-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Medronho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the berry of the strawberry tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto do medronheiro”.
What does medronho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe berry of the strawberry tree
- 2
masculinemedronho (alcoholic beverage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. qualifica um tipo de parafuso que se parece com o fruto do medronheiro
noun: 1. fruto do medronheiro
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 medronho
- medronhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce medronho?
- Brazil /meˈdɾõ.ɲu/
- Brazil [meˈdɾõ.j̃u]
- Portugal /mɨˈdɾo.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to medronho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is medronho in Portuguese?
medronho appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).