faxineira
Portuguese, noun/fa.ʃiˈne(j).ɾɐ/
faxineira is spelled F-A-X-I-N-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faxineira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of faxineiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que faz limpezas como profissão”.
What does faxineira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of faxineiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que faz limpezas como profissão.
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 faxineira
- faxineiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faxineira?
- Brazil /fa.ʃiˈne(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [fa.ʃiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /fɐ.ʃiˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faxineira in Portuguese?
faxineira appears 1.0 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).