confeiteiro
Portuguese, noun/kõ.fejˈte(j).ɾu/
confeiteiro is spelled C-O-N-F-E-I-T-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confeiteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “confectioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fabricante ou vendedor de doces, bolos e confeitos em geral”.
What does confeiteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconfectioner
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fabricante ou vendedor de doces, bolos e confeitos em geral 2. pessoa que faz decorações em confeitos
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 confeiteiro
- confeiteiros plural
- confeiteira feminine
- confeiteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confeiteiro?
- Brazil /kõ.fejˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kõ.feɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kõ.fɐjˈtɐj.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 confeiteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confeiteiro in Portuguese?
confeiteiro appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).