arruaceiro
Portuguese, noun/a.ʁu.aˈse(j).ɾu/
arruaceiro is spelled A-R-R-U-A-C-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arruaceiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hooligan (person that causes trouble or violence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que faz arruaças”.
What does arruaceiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehooligan (person that causes trouble or violence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que faz arruaças 2. turbulento, brigão 3. vadio
adjective: 1. que faz arruaças 2. turbulento, brigão 3. vadio
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 arruaceiro
- arruaceiros plural
- arruaceira feminine
- arruaceiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arruaceiro?
- Brazil /a.ʁu.aˈse(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [a.hu.aˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /a.ʁwaˈse(j).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 arruaceiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arruaceiro in Portuguese?
arruaceiro appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).