carreteiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʁeˈte(j).ɾu/
carreteiro is spelled C-A-R-R-E-T-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carreteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “carter (person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barco empregado na carga ou descarga dos navios”.
What does carreteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarter (person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart)
- 2
Brazilmasculinethe driver of a semi-trailer
- 3
Brazilmasculineellipsis of arroz carreteiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que serve para trânsito de carros; carroçável
noun: 1. barco empregado na carga ou descarga dos navios 2. aquele que conduz carro ou carreta 3. aquele que faz carretos
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 carreteiro
- carreteiros plural
- carreteira feminine
- carreteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carreteiro?
- Brazil /ka.ʁeˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.heˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /ka.ʁeˈte(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 carreteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carreteiro in Portuguese?
carreteiro appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).