ferreira
Portuguese, noun/feˈʁe(j).ɾɐ/
ferreira is spelled F-E-R-R-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferreira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of ferreiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum da espécie de peixe Lithognathus mormyrus”.
What does ferreira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of ferreiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum da espécie de peixe Lithognathus mormyrus
noun: 1. sobrenome português
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 ferreira
- ferreiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferreira?
- Brazil /feˈʁe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /feˈʁe(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 ferreira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferreira in Portuguese?
ferreira appears 36 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).