escavadeira
Portuguese, noun/is.ka.vaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
escavadeira is spelled E-S-C-A-V-A-D-E-I-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escavadeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “excavator, digger (tracked vehicle used to dig ditches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome de vários tipos de máquinas usadas para escavar, revolver ou retirar terra”.
What does escavadeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineexcavator, digger (tracked vehicle used to dig ditches)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome de vários tipos de máquinas usadas para escavar, revolver ou retirar terra
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 escavadeira
- escavadeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escavadeira?
- Brazil /is.ka.vaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [is.ka.vaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /es.ka.vaˈde(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 escavadeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escavadeira in Portuguese?
escavadeira appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).