urso
Portuguese, noun/ˈuʁ.su/
urso is spelled U-R-S-O (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bear (a member of the family Ursidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal da família dos ursídeos, carnívoro plantígrado de pelo denso e comprido (gênero principal Ursus)”.
What does urso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebear (a member of the family Ursidae)
- 2
masculinepuss caterpillar (larva of the genus Podalia)
- 3
masculinehairy man
- 4
masculineunsociable person, misanthrope
- 5
masculineindividual who is the target of mockery
- 6
masculineslangbear
- 7
Portugalmasculinebrilliant student
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. animal da família dos ursídeos, carnívoro plantígrado de pelo denso e comprido (gênero principal Ursus) 2. homem grosseiro e pouco inteligente 3. misantropo 4. homem homossexual grande, peludo e acima do peso ideal
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 urso
- ursos plural
- ursa feminine
- ursas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urso?
- Brazil /ˈuʁ.su/
- Brazil [ˈuh.su]
- /ˈuɾ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urso in Portuguese?
urso appears 11 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).