dinheiro
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
dinheiro is spelled D-I-N-H-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears 339 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 270th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dinheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “money (means of exchange and measure of value)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “valor simbólico convencional utilizado nas trocas comerciais em substituição às próprias mercadorias”.
What does dinheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoney (means of exchange and measure of value)
- 2
masculinea coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. valor simbólico convencional utilizado nas trocas comerciais em substituição às próprias mercadorias 2. valor monetário 3. papel moeda com o qual se executam operações monetárias
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 dinheiro
- dinheiros plural
- dinheyro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dinheiro?
- Brazil /d͡ʒĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [d͡ʒĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /diˈɲɐj.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 dinheiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dinheiro in Portuguese?
dinheiro appears 339 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).