sarro
Portuguese, noun/ˈsa.ʁu/
sarro is spelled S-A-R-R-O (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sarro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “laugh (something that provokes mirth or scorn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “borra de vinho que se forma em tonéis”.
What does sarro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaugh (something that provokes mirth or scorn)
- 2
masculinemockery (the act of mocking)
- 3
masculinedregs; sediment (solid particles that accumulate on the bottom of a liquid)
- 4
masculinetobacco residue in a pipe
- 5
masculineresidual gunpowder in a firearm
- 6
masculinenicotine stain
- 7
masculinea white coating on the tongue that appears in sufferers of glossitis
- 8
masculinetartar (hard yellow deposit on the teeth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. borra de vinho que se forma em tonéis
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 sarro
- sarros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sarro?
- Brazil /ˈsa.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˈsa.hu]
- /ˈsa.ʁu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sarro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sarro in Portuguese?
sarro appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).