morro
Portuguese, noun/ˈmo.ʁu/
morro is spelled M-O-R-R-O (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a landform with elevation intermediate between that of a hill and that of a small mountain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of morrer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elevação de terra suave e não muito alta”.
What does morro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea landform with elevation intermediate between that of a hill and that of a small mountain
- 2
Brazilmasculinea slum built on a hill or on uneven ground
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of morrer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elevação de terra suave e não muito alta 2. favela
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 morro
- morros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morro?
- Brazil /ˈmo.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˈmo.hu]
- /ˈmo.ʁu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morro in Portuguese?
morro appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).