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rugido

Portuguese, noun/ʁuˈʒi.du/

rugido is spelled R-U-G-I-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rugido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “roar (loud, deep cry, such as that of a lion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of rugir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “som emitido no rugir, voz das feras, som forte e apavorante”.

What does rugido mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineroar (loud, deep cry, such as that of a lion)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of rugir

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. som emitido no rugir, voz das feras, som forte e apavorante 2. ruído, ruge-ruge, som estridente

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 rugido

  • rugidos plural
  • rugida feminine
  • rugidas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rugido?

  • Brazil /ʁuˈʒi.du/
  • Brazil [huˈʒi.du]
  • /ʁuˈʒi.du/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rugido

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rugido in Portuguese?

rugido appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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