pétreo
Portuguese, adjective/ˈpɛ.tɾju/
pétreo is spelled P-É-T-R-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétreo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “petrous (resembling stone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo à pedra”.
What does pétreo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
petrous (resembling stone)
- 2
stone
- 3
ice-cold (without emotion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à pedra
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 pétreo
- pétrea feminine
- pétreos masculine plural
- pétreas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétreo?
- Brazil /ˈpɛ.tɾju/
- Portugal /ˈpɛ.tɾi.u/
- Portugal /ˈpɛ.tɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pétreo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétreo in Portuguese?
pétreo appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).