enfermeira
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.feʁˈme(j).ɾɐ/
enfermeira is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfermeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of enfermeiro (sister, nurse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que cuida de doentes numa enfermaria, num hospital ou numa ambulância”.
What does enfermeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of enfermeiro (sister, nurse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que cuida de doentes numa enfermaria, num hospital ou numa ambulância
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 enfermeira
- enfermeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfermeira?
- Brazil /ẽ.feʁˈme(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ẽ.feɦˈme(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /ĩ.feʁˈme(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfermeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfermeira in Portuguese?
enfermeira appears 7.1 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).