cueiro
Portuguese, noun/kuˈe(j).ɾu/
cueiro is spelled C-U-E-I-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese, the 218,398th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “diaper, nappy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “faixa de pano com que se envolve o corpo de recém-nascidos da cintura para baixo”.
What does cueiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediaper, nappy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faixa de pano com que se envolve o corpo de recém-nascidos da cintura para baixo
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 cueiro
- cueiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cueiro?
- Brazil /kuˈe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [kuˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /ˈkwe(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cueiro in Portuguese?
cueiro appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).