cabeleira
Portuguese, noun/ka.beˈle(j).ɾɐ/
cabeleira is spelled C-A-B-E-L-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeleira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hair, head of hair (especially long and voluminous)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de cabelos longos, compridos”.
What does cabeleira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehair, head of hair (especially long and voluminous)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de cabelos longos, compridos
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 cabeleira
- cabeleiras plural
- cabelleira alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeleira?
- Brazil /ka.beˈle(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ka.beˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.bɨˈlɐj.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 cabeleira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabeleira in Portuguese?
cabeleira appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).