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siroco

Portuguese, noun/siˈɾo.ku/

siroco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sirocco (hot southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does siroco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesirocco (hot southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean)

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

Forms of siroco

  • sirocos plural
  • xaroco alternative

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

How do you pronounce siroco?

  • Brazil /siˈɾo.ku/
  • Portugal /siˈɾo.ku/

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

English words that translate to siroco

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

How common is siroco in Portuguese?

siroco appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.

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