costureira
Portuguese, noun/kus.tuˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/
costureira is spelled C-O-S-T-U-R-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Costureira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of costureiro (“seamstress”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher costura por profissão”.
What does costureira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of costureiro (“seamstress”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher costura por profissão
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 costureira
- costureiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce costureira?
- Brazil /kus.tuˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [kus.tuˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /kos.tuˈɾe(j).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 costureira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is costureira in Portuguese?
costureira appears 1.5 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).