brejeiro
Portuguese, noun/bɾeˈʒe(j).ɾu/
brejeiro is spelled B-R-E-J-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brejeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crook, rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of brejeirar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que nada faz, vagabundo, tunante”.
What does brejeiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rough
- 2
malicious, lascivious
noun
- 1
masculinecrook, rascal
- 2
masculinelayabout (lazy person)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of brejeirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. velhaco 2. vadio 3. malicioso
noun: 1. indivíduo que nada faz, vagabundo, tunante 2. habitante do brejo
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 brejeiro
- brejeira feminine
- brejeiros masculine plural
- brejeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brejeiro?
- Brazil /bɾeˈʒe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [bɾeˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /bɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brejeiro in Portuguese?
brejeiro appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).