cargueiro
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈɡe(j).ɾu/
cargueiro is spelled C-A-R-G-U-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cargueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cargo ship (ship that carries cargo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “besta de carga”.
What does cargueiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
designed for transporting cargo
noun
- 1
masculinecargo ship (ship that carries cargo)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que leva carga 2. que monta mal a cavalo
noun: 1. besta de carga 2. (Derivação: por metonímia) aquele que conduz besta de carga; almocreve 3. o mesmo que navio de carga
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 cargueiro
- cargueira feminine
- cargueiros masculine plural
- cargueiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cargueiro?
- Brazil /kaʁˈɡe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kaɦˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cargueiro in Portuguese?
cargueiro appears 1.0 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).