chaleira
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈle(j).ɾɐ/
chaleira is spelled C-H-A-L-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaleira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “kettle; teakettle (vessel for boiling a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vaso metálico ou cerâmico, por vezes elétrico, onde se aquece ou ferve água”.
What does chaleira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekettle; teakettle (vessel for boiling a liquid)
- 2
feminineclipping of chaleira elétrica (“electric kettle”)
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininerabona
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vaso metálico ou cerâmico, por vezes elétrico, onde se aquece ou ferve água 2. recipiente que se usa para servir o chá 3. bajulador; lambe-botas
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 chaleira
- chaleiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaleira?
- Brazil /ʃaˈle(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ʃaˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /ʃɐˈlɐj.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 chaleira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaleira in Portuguese?
chaleira appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).