zimbro
Portuguese, noun/ˈzĩ.bɾu/
zimbro is spelled Z-I-M-B-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zimbro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das pináceas, comum no norte de Portugal, também chamado genebreiro”.
What does zimbro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejuniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)
- 2
masculinejuniper berry (berry-like galbulus of a juniper tree)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das pináceas, comum no norte de Portugal, também chamado genebreiro 2. orvalho 3. cacimba 4. frio
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 zimbro
- zimbros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zimbro?
- Brazil /ˈzĩ.bɾu/
- Portugal /ˈzĩ.bɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zimbro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zimbro in Portuguese?
zimbro appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).