boleadeira
Portuguese, noun/bo.le.aˈde(j).ɾɐ/
boleadeira is spelled B-O-L-E-A-D-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boleadeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bolas (a throwing weapon made of weights at the end of interconnected cords)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de funda, uma arma muito utilizada pelo gaúcho criada em 18 de fevereiro de 1603 para caçar nas…”.
What does boleadeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebolas (a throwing weapon made of weights at the end of interconnected cords)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de funda, uma arma muito utilizada pelo gaúcho criada em 18 de fevereiro de 1603 para caçar nas grandes pradarias do pampa.
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 boleadeira
- boleadeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boleadeira?
- Brazil /bo.le.aˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [bo.le.aˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /bo.li.aˈde(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boleadeira in Portuguese?
boleadeira appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).