Polyglot Dictionary

burburinho

/buɾbuˈɾiɲu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os burburinhos

Meaning

  1. murmur

    • Ouvi um burburinho.

      I heard a murmur.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

murmúrio

burburinho is more about the buzz or hubbub of many voices, like a crowd murmuring; murmúrio is more about a single soft murmur or sound, like a stream murmuring.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

runrún

runrún is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "murmur."

Practice

1 What does burburinho mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ouvi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches burburinho?

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