vírus
Portuguese, noun/ˈvi.ɾus/
vírus is spelled V-Í-R-U-S (5 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vírus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agente infeccioso microscópico, que causa várias doenças (AIDS, gripe, etc.) e provoca a produção de…”.
What does vírus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevirus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
- 2
masculinecomputer virus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. agente infeccioso microscópico, que causa várias doenças (AIDS, gripe, etc.) e provoca a produção de anticorpos 2. programa oculto de computador que se instala no sistema operacional da máquina, ativando-se num determinado dia para provocar danos em arquivos, outros programas, etc 3. coisa que se reproduza de forma viral, como ideias
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.
How do you pronounce vírus?
- Brazil /ˈvi.ɾus/
- /ˈvi.ɾuʃ/
- Portugal /ˈvi.ɾuʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vírus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vírus in Portuguese?
vírus appears 40 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).