agulheiro
Portuguese, noun/a.ɡuˈʎe(j).ɾu/
agulheiro is spelled A-G-U-L-H-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agulheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “needlecase (case for keeping needles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does agulheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneedlecase (case for keeping needles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of agulheiro
- agulheiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agulheiro?
- Brazil /a.ɡuˈʎe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [a.ɡuˈʎe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ɐ.ɡuˈʎɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agulheiro in Portuguese?
agulheiro appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).