brejeirar
Portuguese, verb/bɾe.ʒe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
brejeirar is spelled B-R-E-J-E-I-R-A-R (9 letters). Brejeirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be lazy or have a lazy, workless life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agir como brejeiro”.
What does brejeirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be lazy or have a lazy, workless life
- 2
to do something malicious
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. agir como brejeiro 2. levar vida vadia
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 brejeirar
- brejeiro first-person present singular
- brejeirei first-person preterite singular
- brejeirado participle past
- brejeirares infinitive second-person singular
- brejeirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- brejeirardes infinitive plural second-person
- brejeirarem infinitive plural third-person
- brejeirando gerund
- brejeirados masculine participle past
- brejeirada feminine participle past
- brejeiradas feminine participle past
- brejeiras indicative present second-person
- brejeira indicative present singular
- brejeiramos first-person indicative plural
- brejeirais indicative plural present
- brejeiram indicative plural present
- brejeirava first-person imperfect indicative
- brejeiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brejeirar?
- Brazil /bɾe.ʒe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bɾe.ʒe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- /bɾe.ʒe(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.