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doleira

Portuguese, noun/doˈle(j).ɾɐ/

doleira is spelled D-O-L-E-I-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doleira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “money belt (pouch worn under clothing to safely carry money and other important items)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de pochete usada debaixo da roupa para guardar dinheiro ou outros objetos importantes”.

What does doleira mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemoney belt (pouch worn under clothing to safely carry money and other important items)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. tipo de pochete usada debaixo da roupa para guardar dinheiro ou outros objetos importantes

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 doleira

  • doleiras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce doleira?

  • Brazil /doˈle(j).ɾɐ/
  • Brazil [doˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • Portugal /duˈlɐj.ɾɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is doleira in Portuguese?

doleira appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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