rufo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁu.fu/
rufo is spelled R-U-F-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rufo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “roll (the fast, light, uniform beating of a drum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rufar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “som trêmulo, produzido pelo tanger de duas baquetas na pele tensa de um tambor ou de um instrumento análogo”.
What does rufo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineroll (the fast, light, uniform beating of a drum)
noun
- 1
masculineruff (neck garment)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rufar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. som trêmulo, produzido pelo tanger de duas baquetas na pele tensa de um tambor ou de um instrumento análogo 2. som quase semelhante ao do tambor e produzido pelo tanger alternado dos dedos sobre uma superfície sólida
noun: 1. enfeite ou guarnição, constante de pregas ou franzido 2. prega
noun: 1. espécie de lima, com serrilha ou picado grosso, quase como o da grosa
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 rufo
- rufos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rufo?
- Brazil /ˈʁu.fu/
- Brazil [ˈhu.fu]
- /ˈʁu.fu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rufo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rufo in Portuguese?
rufo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).