alvenaria
Portuguese, noun/aw.ve.naˈɾi.ɐ/
alvenaria is spelled A-L-V-E-N-A-R-I-A (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alvenaria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “masonry, brickwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a profissão de pedreiro (alvenel ou alvener)”.
What does alvenaria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasonry, brickwork
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a profissão de pedreiro (alvenel ou alvener) 2. pedra tosca, tal como sai da pedreira 3. construções feitas de pedras ou tijolos ligadas com argamassa, cimento etc.
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 alvenaria
- alvenarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alvenaria?
- Brazil /aw.ve.naˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ve.naˈɾi.ɐ]
- Portugal /al.vɨ.nɐˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alvenaria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alvenaria in Portuguese?
alvenaria appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).