estrangeiro
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/
estrangeiro is spelled E-S-T-R-A-N-G-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrangeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “foreigner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa com origem em outro país, nação ou Estado”.
What does estrangeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforeigner
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculineexterior, foreign lands
adjective
- 1
from a different country; foreign
- 2
belonging to a different culture; foreign
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de outra nacionalidade 2. diz-se das outras nações
noun: 1. pessoa com origem em outro país, nação ou Estado 2. o território de outro país
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 estrangeiro
- estrangeiros plural
- estrangeira feminine
- estrangeiras feminine plural
- extrangeiro alternative
- estrangeyro alternative obsolete
- estrangêro alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
- mais estrangeiro comparative
- o mais estrangeiro superlative
- estrangeiríssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrangeiro?
- Brazil /is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [is.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /es.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(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 estrangeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estrangeiro in Portuguese?
estrangeiro appears 25 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).