caroneiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾoˈne(j).ɾu/
caroneiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hitchhiker (a person who hitchhikes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caroneiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehitchhiker (a person who hitchhikes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caroneiro
- caroneiros plural
- caroneira feminine
- caroneiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caroneiro?
- Brazil /ka.ɾoˈne(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.ɾoˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾuˈnɐj.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 caroneiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caroneiro in Portuguese?
caroneiro appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).