engenheiro
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.ʒẽˈɲe(j).ɾu/
engenheiro is spelled E-N-G-E-N-H-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engenheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “engineer (person qualified or professionally engaged in engineering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa habilitada por diploma oficial a desempenhar trabalhos de Engenharia”.
What does engenheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineengineer (person qualified or professionally engaged in engineering)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa habilitada por diploma oficial a desempenhar trabalhos de Engenharia 2. profissão daquele formado em engenharia 3. senhor de engenho 4. proprietário de engenho de açúcar
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 engenheiro
- engenheiros plural
- engenheira feminine
- engenheiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engenheiro?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʒẽˈɲe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /ĩ.ʒẽˈɲe(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 engenheiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engenheiro in Portuguese?
engenheiro appears 21 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).