mouro
Portuguese, noun/ˈmo(w).ɾu/
mouro is spelled M-O-U-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Moor (member of the Berber people of northwestern Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mourar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante da Mauritânia; muçulmano; sarraceno”.
What does mouro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Moorish (of or relating to the Moors)
- 2
Portugalcolloquialderogatoryrelative to Lisbon or the South of Portugal
- 3
Muslim; Islamic
noun
- 1
masculineMoor (member of the Berber people of northwestern Africa)
- 2
masculineMoor (member of the Islamic peoples who invaded Iberia in the Middle Ages)
- 3
masculinea Muslim of any ethnicity; Mussulman
- 4
Portugalcolloquialderogatorymasculinea Lisboner or from the South of Portugal
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of mouro encantado
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mourar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos mouros; mourisco 2. de cor escura, moreno, negro
noun: 1. habitante da Mauritânia; muçulmano; sarraceno 2. não-batizado, não-cristão, infiel 3. espécie de jogo popular 4. homem que trabalha muito
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 mouro
- moura feminine
- mouros masculine plural
- mouras feminine plural
- moiro alternative
- mauro alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouro?
- Brazil /ˈmo(w).ɾu/
- Brazil [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ˈmo(w).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouro in Portuguese?
mouro appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).