bandeira
Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾɐ/
bandeira is spelled B-A-N-D-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bandeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “flag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de tecido, geralmente presa na ponta superior de um mastro, com cores diversas e outros símbolos, usada…”.
What does bandeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflag
- 2
feminineeach journey or travel of the bandeirantes
- 3
femininemotto; ideal
- 4
feminineemblem
- 5
femininetransom window (window above a door or another window)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de tecido, geralmente presa na ponta superior de um mastro, com cores diversas e outros símbolos, usada como representação dum Estado, duma facção, dum grupo, duma nação ou dum país 2. estandarte, lábaro, pavilhão, pendão, vexilo 3. flor masculina da planta do milho 4. pequena bandeira na ponta de uma haste não pontiaguda
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo bandeirar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais 2. sobrenome comum em português
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 bandeira
- bandeiras plural
- bandeyra alternative obsolete
- bamdeira alternative obsolete
- bamdeyra alternative obsolete
- bãdeira alternative abbreviation obsolete
- bãdeyra alternative abbreviation obsolete
- bandêra alternative pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bandeira?
- Brazil /bɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [bɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /bɐ̃ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bandeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bandeira in Portuguese?
bandeira appears 44 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).