raiano
Portuguese, noun/ʁajˈɐ̃.nu/
raiano is spelled R-A-I-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raiano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “borderer (person who resides near a border)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does raiano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
located or living near a border
noun
- 1
masculineborderer (person who resides near a border)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fronteiriço, da arraia
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 raiano
- raiana feminine
- raianos masculine plural
- raianas feminine plural
- arraiano alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raiano?
- Brazil /ʁajˈɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil [haɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nu]
- /ʁajˈɐ̃.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raiano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raiano in Portuguese?
raiano appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).