cangalheiro
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎe(j).ɾu/
cangalheiro is spelled C-A-N-G-A-L-H-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cangalheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “muleteer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cangalheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuleteer
- 2
masculineundertaker
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cangalheiro
- cangalheiros plural
- cangalheira feminine
- cangalheiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cangalheiro?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ̃.ɡɐˈʎɐj.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 cangalheiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cangalheiro in Portuguese?
cangalheiro appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).