sinistro
Portuguese, noun/siˈnis.tɾu/
sinistro is spelled S-I-N-I-S-T-R-O (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,032nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinistro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “disaster; accident; great loss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acontecimento que causa dano, perda, sofrimento ou morte; acidente, desastre”.
What does sinistro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sinister (indicating lurking danger or harm)
noun
- 1
masculinedisaster; accident; great loss
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que usa preferencialmente a mão esquerda (diz-se de pessoa) 2. que pressagia acontecimentos infaustos; agourento, funesto 3. que é pernicioso; mau 4. que se deve temer; assustador, temível
noun: 1. acontecimento que causa dano, perda, sofrimento ou morte; acidente, desastre 2. prejuízo material de grande monta; dano 3. qualquer dano havido em bem colocado no seguro
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 sinistro
- sinistra feminine
- sinistros masculine plural
- sinistras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinistro?
- Brazil /siˈnis.tɾu/
- /siˈniʃ.tɾu/
- Portugal /siˈniʃ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinistro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinistro in Portuguese?
sinistro appears 4.6 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).