rouco
Portuguese, adjective/ˈʁo(w).ku/
rouco is spelled R-O-U-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rouco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hoarse, husky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “voz sem tom”.
What does rouco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hoarse, husky
- 2
raucous
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. voz sem tom 2. roufenho 3. que tem som cavo
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 rouco
- rouca feminine
- roucos masculine plural
- roucas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rouco?
- Brazil /ˈʁo(w).ku/
- Brazil [ˈho(ʊ̯).ku]
- /ˈʁo(w).ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rouco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rouco in Portuguese?
rouco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).