carabineiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾa.biˈne(j).ɾu/
carabineiro is spelled C-A-R-A-B-I-N-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carabineiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “carabineer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “militar que usa carabina”.
What does carabineiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarabineer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. militar que usa carabina 2. quem fabrica carabinas 3. crustáceo similar ao camarão
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 carabineiro
- carabineiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carabineiro?
- Brazil /ka.ɾa.biˈne(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.ɾa.biˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɐ.biˈnɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carabineiro in Portuguese?
carabineiro appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).