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salobro

Portuguese, adjective/saˈlo.bɾu/

salobro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “brackish (slightly salty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se da água que tem em dissolução alguns sais ou substâncias que a tornam desagradável”.

What does salobro mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    brackish (slightly salty)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se da água que tem em dissolução alguns sais ou substâncias que a tornam desagradável

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 salobro

  • salobra feminine
  • salobros masculine plural
  • salobras feminine plural
  • salobre alternative

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

How do you pronounce salobro?

  • Brazil /saˈlo.bɾu/
  • Portugal /sɐˈlo.bɾu/
  • Portugal [sɐˈlo.βɾu]

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

English words that translate to salobro

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

How common is salobro in Portuguese?

salobro appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.

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