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sarilho

Portuguese, noun/saˈɾi.ʎu/

sarilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reel; spool (cylinder around which a cable is wound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does sarilho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinereel; spool (cylinder around which a cable is wound)

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinetrouble

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

Forms of sarilho

  • sarilhos plural

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

How do you pronounce sarilho?

  • Brazil /saˈɾi.ʎu/
  • Portugal /sɐˈɾi.ʎu/

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

English words that translate to sarilho

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

How common is sarilho in Portuguese?

sarilho appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.

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