raio
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁaj.u/
raio is spelled R-A-I-O (4 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,967th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of raiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “descarga elétrica que ocorre entre uma nuvem e o solo”.
What does raio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineray
- 2
masculinebeam, ray (of light or radiation)
- 3
masculinelightning
- 4
masculineradius
- 5
masculinespoke (of a wheel)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of raiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. descarga elétrica que ocorre entre uma nuvem e o solo 2. distância do centro de uma circunferência ou esfera a qualquer ponto da circunferência ou superfície da esfera 3. luz que emana de uma fonte luminosa 4. radiação
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 raio
- raios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raio?
- Brazil /ˈʁaj.u/
- Brazil [ˈhaɪ̯.u]
- /ˈʁaj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raio in Portuguese?
raio appears 48 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).