curandeiro
Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾu/
curandeiro is spelled C-U-R-A-N-D-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curandeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “healer (person who heals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que pretende ou julga curar”.
What does curandeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehealer (person who heals)
- 2
masculineshaman (practitioner of plant/folk medicines)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que pretende ou julga curar 2. em algumas organizações tribais, um dos cargos mais importantes na hierarquia 3. aquele que exerce medicina sem título e/ou sem conhecimentos médicos; charlatão 4. benzedor; ervanário
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 curandeiro
- curandeiros plural
- curandeira feminine
- curandeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curandeiro?
- Brazil /ku.ɾɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ku.ɾɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ku.ɾɐ̃ˈdɐj.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 curandeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curandeiro in Portuguese?
curandeiro 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).