aguadeiro
Portuguese, noun/a.ɡwaˈde(j).ɾu/
aguadeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “water carrier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que distribuía água pelas casas ou realizava a sua venda nas ruas”.
What does aguadeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewater carrier
- 2
masculinewater seller
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que água
noun: 1. pessoa que distribuía água pelas casas ou realizava a sua venda nas ruas 2. pessoa cujo papel é fazer entrar a água salgada numa marinha 3. pessoa que distribui água pelos trabalhadores
noun: 1. constelação zodiacal, que tem forma de aguadeiro
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 aguadeiro
- aguadeiros plural
- aguadeira feminine
- aguadeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aguadeiro?
- Brazil /a.ɡwaˈde(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [a.ɡwaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /a.ɡwɐˈdɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aguadeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aguadeiro in Portuguese?
aguadeiro appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).