arteiro
Portuguese, adjective/aʁˈte(j).ɾu/
arteiro is spelled A-R-T-E-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arteiro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “artful, skillful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem manha, habilidade, talento, engenho”.
What does arteiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
artful, skillful
- 2
cunning
- 3
mischievous, naughty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem manha, habilidade, talento, engenho 2. que tem astúcia, sagaz 3. travesso, maroto
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 arteiro
- arteira feminine
- arteiros masculine plural
- arteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arteiro?
- Brazil /aʁˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /aɾˈte(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arteiro in Portuguese?
arteiro appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).