barbeiro
Portuguese, noun/baʁˈbe(j).ɾu/
barbeiro is spelled B-A-R-B-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “barber (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que tem por ofício barbear e/ou cortar o cabelo a homens”.
What does barbeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarber (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
Coordinate term: cabeleireiro
- 2
colloquialmasculinebarbershop (place of business of a barber)
- 3
Brazilmasculinekissing bug (any haematophagous bug in the subfamily Triatominae)
- 4
Brazilderogatorymasculineslangroad hog (bad or inconsiderate driver)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que age temerária e, ou, danosamente por imperícia ou má condução intencional
noun: 1. indivíduo que tem por ofício barbear e/ou cortar o cabelo a homens 2. curandeiro 3. indivíduo inábil na sua profissão 4. mau motorista
noun: 1. vento frio que irrita a cara 2. besouro hematófago da subfamilia triatominae que se alimenta de sangue de vertebrados incluindo humanos, e que é conhecido por ser transmissor da doença de Chagas
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 barbeiro
- barbeiros plural
- barbeira feminine
- barbeiras feminine plural
- barbeyro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbeiro?
- Brazil /baʁˈbe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [baɦˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /baɾˈbe(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 barbeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbeiro in Portuguese?
barbeiro appears 2.3 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).