raro
Portuguese, adjective/ˈʁa.ɾu/
raro is spelled R-A-R-O (4 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,546th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rare (very uncommon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que existe em pouca quantidade, pouco numeroso”.
What does raro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rare (very uncommon)
- 2
exceptional; extraordinary (much better than average)
- 3
sparse (few and far apart)
adverb
- 1
rarely
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que existe em pouca quantidade, pouco numeroso 2. que é difícil de encontrar 3. que não é denso; que não é espesso 4. que acontece poucas vezes
adverb: 1. dificilmente, poucas vezes
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 raro
- rara feminine
- raros masculine plural
- raras feminine plural
- mais raro comparative
- o mais raro superlative
- raríssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raro?
- Brazil /ˈʁa.ɾu/
- Brazil [ˈha.ɾu]
- /ˈʁa.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 raro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raro in Portuguese?
raro appears 18 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).