carteiro
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈte(j).ɾu/
carteiro is spelled C-A-R-T-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “postman; mailman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário do correio que distribui cartas”.
What does carteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepostman; mailman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. funcionário do correio que distribui cartas 2. condutor de malas do correio 3. fabricante de cartas de jogar
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 carteiro
- carteiros plural
- carteira feminine
- carteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carteiro?
- Brazil /kaʁˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /kaɾˈte(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 carteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carteiro in Portuguese?
carteiro appears 1.4 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).