casamenteiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.za.mẽˈte(j).ɾu/
casamenteiro is spelled C-A-S-A-M-E-N-T-E-I-R-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casamenteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “matchmaker (someone who finds suitable marriage partners for other people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que intervém para arranjar casamentos”.
What does casamenteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematchmaker (someone who finds suitable marriage partners for other people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que intervém para arranjar casamentos
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 casamenteiro
- casamenteiros plural
- casamenteira feminine
- casamenteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casamenteiro?
- Brazil /ka.za.mẽˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.za.mẽˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ.zɐ.mẽˈtɐj.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 casamenteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casamenteiro in Portuguese?
casamenteiro appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).