escumadeira
Portuguese, noun/is.ku.maˈde(j).ɾɐ/
escumadeira is spelled E-S-C-U-M-A-D-E-I-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escumadeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “skimmer (slotted spoon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de colher provida de pequenos furos para tirar a espuma que se forma à superfície dos líquidos em…”.
What does escumadeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineskimmer (slotted spoon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de colher provida de pequenos furos para tirar a espuma que se forma à superfície dos líquidos em ebulição
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 escumadeira
- escumadeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escumadeira?
- Brazil /is.ku.maˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [is.ku.maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /es.ku.maˈde(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 escumadeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escumadeira in Portuguese?
escumadeira appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).