varano
Portuguese, noun/vaˈɾɐ̃.nu/
varano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “monitor lizard (any lizard of the genus Varanus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does varano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemonitor lizard (any lizard of the genus Varanus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of varano
- varanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varano?
- Brazil /vaˈɾɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /vɐˈɾɐ.nu/
- Portugal /bɐˈɾa.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is varano in Portuguese?
varano appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).