carteirista
Portuguese, noun/kɐɾ.tɐjˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
carteirista is spelled C-A-R-T-E-I-R-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carteirista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pickpocket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que punguista”.
What does carteirista mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininemasculinepickpocket
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que punguista
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 carteirista
- carteiristas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carteirista?
- Portugal /kɐɾ.tɐjˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐɾ.tejˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐɾ.tɐj.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carteirista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carteirista in Portuguese?
carteirista appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).