bucaneiro
Portuguese, noun/bu.kaˈne(j).ɾu/
bucaneiro is spelled B-U-C-A-N-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bucaneiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “buccaneer; pirate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caçador de bois selvagens nas Antilhas, América Central, geralmente para comercializar alguns de seus…”.
What does bucaneiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuccaneer; pirate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caçador de bois selvagens nas Antilhas, América Central, geralmente para comercializar alguns de seus produtos derivados 2. europeu que, entre os séculos XVI e XVIII, saqueava navios mercantes em mares do Caribe; piratas do Caribe 3. fuzil ou canhão usado por esses piratas 4. aquele que se comporta de maneira questionável para obter seus propósitos
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 bucaneiro
- bucaneiros plural
- bucaneira feminine
- bucaneiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bucaneiro?
- Brazil /bu.kaˈne(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [bu.kaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /bu.kɐˈnɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bucaneiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bucaneiro in Portuguese?
bucaneiro appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).