caveira
Portuguese, noun/kaˈve(j).ɾɐ/
caveira is spelled C-A-V-E-I-R-A (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caveira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “skull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o crânio e ossos da face descarnados”.
What does caveira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalskull
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineslangmember of BOPE
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o crânio e ossos da face descarnados 2. rosto excessivamente magro
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 caveira
- caveiras plural
- caveyra alternative obsolete
- càveira alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caveira?
- Brazil /kaˈve(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [kaˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /kaˈvɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caveira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caveira in Portuguese?
caveira appears 2.9 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).