Polyglot Dictionary

ruído

/xuˈidu/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os ruídos

Meaning

  1. noise

    • Ouvi um ruído.

      I heard a noise.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

barulho

ruído is more technical or neutral, like background noise; barulho is more everyday, often a loud, unwanted noise.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ruido

ruido is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "noise."

French

bruit

bruit is the French word for the same thing — both mean "noise."

Practice

1 What does ruído mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ouvi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ruído?

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