empreiteiro
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.pɾejˈte(j).ɾu/
empreiteiro is spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-T-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empreiteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “builder, contractor, undertaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does empreiteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuilder, contractor, undertaker
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que faz empreitadas
adjective: 1. pessoa que faz empreitadas 2. pessoa que é dona de empreiteira
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 empreiteiro
- empreiteiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empreiteiro?
- Brazil /ẽ.pɾejˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ẽ.pɾeɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾejˈte(j).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 empreiteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empreiteiro in Portuguese?
empreiteiro appears 1.2 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).