potro
Portuguese, noun/ˈpo.tɾu/
potro is spelled P-O-T-R-O (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colt (young male horse), foal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denominação dada ao cavalo do nascimento até a troca dos dentes de leite por volta do quarto ano de idade…”.
What does potro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolt (young male horse), foal
- 2
masculinehorse-shaped torture instrument
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. denominação dada ao cavalo do nascimento até a troca dos dentes de leite por volta do quarto ano de idade; animal novo 2. antigo instrumento de tortura
phrase: 1. constelação boreal, que tem forma de potro
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 potro
- potros plural
- potra feminine
- potras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potro?
- Brazil /ˈpo.tɾu/
- Portugal /ˈpo.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potro in Portuguese?
potro appears 1.0 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).