beiral
Portuguese, noun/be(j)ˈɾaw/
beiral is spelled B-E-I-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beiral is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eaves (underside of a roof)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “borda de telhado”.
What does beiral mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeaves (underside of a roof)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. borda de telhado 2. prolongamento do telhado além do prumo das paredes
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 beiral
- beirais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beiral?
- Brazil /be(j)ˈɾaw/
- Brazil [be(ɪ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /bɐjˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beiral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beiral in Portuguese?
beiral 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).