baleeira
Portuguese, adjective
baleeira is spelled B-A-L-E-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baleeira is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of baleeiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does baleeira mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of baleeiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barca para a pesca de baleias 2. bote salva-vidas que fica disponível para os casos de emergência ou naufrágio
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.
How common is baleeira in Portuguese?
baleeira appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).