poroso
Portuguese, adjective/poˈɾo.zu/
poroso is spelled P-O-R-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “porous (full of pores)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem poros ou orifícios”.
What does poroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
porous (full of pores)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem poros ou orifícios 2. permeável
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 poroso
- porosa feminine
- porosos masculine plural
- porosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poroso?
- Brazil /poˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /puˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /pu.ˈɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poroso in Portuguese?
poroso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).