pterossauro
Portuguese, noun/piˌtɛ.ɾoˈsaw.ɾu/
pterossauro is spelled P-T-E-R-O-S-S-A-U-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pterossauro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pterosaur (flying reptile in the extinct order Pterosauria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pterossauro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepterosaur (flying reptile in the extinct order Pterosauria)
adjective
- 1
pterosaur (relating to those flying reptiles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pterossauro
- pterossauros plural
- pterossaura colloquial feminine
- pterossauras colloquial feminine plural
- pterossáurio alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pterossauro?
- Brazil /piˌtɛ.ɾoˈsaw.ɾu/
- Brazil [piˌtɛ.ɾoˈsaʊ̯.ɾu]
- Brazil /ˌptɛ.ɾoˈsaw.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 pterossauro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pterossauro in Portuguese?
pterossauro appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).