carcereiro
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.seˈɾe(j).ɾu/
carcereiro is spelled C-A-R-C-E-R-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,725th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carcereiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jailer / gaoler; warder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que guarda o cárcere”.
What does carcereiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejailer / gaoler; warder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que guarda o cárcere
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 carcereiro
- carcereiros plural
- carcereira feminine
- carcereiras feminine plural
- carcereyro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carcereiro?
- Brazil /kaʁ.seˈɾe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kah.seˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /kaɾ.seˈɾe(j).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 carcereiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carcereiro in Portuguese?
carcereiro appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).