outrora
Portuguese, adverb/o(w)ˈtɾɔ.ɾɐ/
outrora is spelled O-U-T-R-O-R-A (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Outrora is a Portuguese adverb meaning “once, long ago” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em outro tempo”.
What does outrora mean in English?
adverb
- 1
once, long ago
- 2
formerly
O artista outrora conhecido como Prince.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. em outro tempo
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.
How do you pronounce outrora?
- Brazil /o(w)ˈtɾɔ.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [o(ʊ̯)ˈtɾɔ.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /o(w)ˈtɾɔ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to outrora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is outrora in Portuguese?
outrora appears 6.5 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).