subúrbio
Portuguese, noun/suˈbuʁ.bju/
subúrbio is spelled S-U-B-Ú-R-B-I-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). Subúrbio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “suburb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “termo utilizado para designar as áreas circunscritas às áreas centrais de um dado aglomerado urbano”.
What does subúrbio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuburb
- 2
masculineperiphery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. termo utilizado para designar as áreas circunscritas às áreas centrais de um dado aglomerado urbano 2. periferia
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 subúrbio
- subúrbios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subúrbio?
- Brazil /suˈbuʁ.bju/
- Brazil [suˈbuɦ.bju]
- /suˈbuɾ.bju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subúrbio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subúrbio in Portuguese?
subúrbio 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).