botoeira
Portuguese, noun/bo.toˈe(j).ɾɐ/
botoeira is spelled B-O-T-O-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Botoeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “buttonhole (hole for a button)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena abertura feita na lapela do paletó para colocar uma flor”.
What does botoeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebuttonhole (hole for a button)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena abertura feita na lapela do paletó para colocar uma flor 2. mulher que faz botões
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 botoeira
- botoeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce botoeira?
- Brazil /bo.toˈe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [bo.toˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /buˈtwɐj.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 botoeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is botoeira in Portuguese?
botoeira appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).