riso
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁi.zu/
riso is spelled R-I-S-O (4 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “laughter, laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de rir; demonstração clara e geralmente espontânea de alegria”.
What does riso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaughter, laugh
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de rir; demonstração clara e geralmente espontânea de alegria 2. atitude de escárnio, de desprezo; zombaria
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 riso
- risos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riso?
- Brazil /ˈʁi.zu/
- Brazil [ˈhi.zu]
- /ˈʁi.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riso in Portuguese?
riso appears 6.3 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).