caseiro
Portuguese, noun/kaˈze(j).ɾu/
caseiro is spelled C-A-S-E-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caseiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caretaker of a house or cottage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem que cultiva a terra de outrem”.
What does caseiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
homemade, home-grown
Os pastéis são caseiros?
- 2
amateur, not professional
filme caseiro
- 3
stay-at-home
noun
- 1
masculinecaretaker of a house or cottage
- 2
masculinehomebody (person who prefers to remain at home)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é feito em casa 2. que não é industrializado
noun: 1. homem que cultiva a terra de outrem 2. homem que trabalha vigiando uma propriedade, vigia
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 caseiro
- caseira feminine
- caseiros masculine plural
- caseiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caseiro?
- Brazil /kaˈze(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kaˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐˈzɐj.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 caseiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caseiro in Portuguese?
caseiro appears 5.8 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).