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fieira

Portuguese, noun/fiˈe(j).ɾɐ/

fieira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “steel piece used to stretch metal, converting it into threads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferramenta cônica através da qual se produzem fios ou arames a partir de metais dúcteis a frio”.

What does fieira mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesteel piece used to stretch metal, converting it into threads

  2. 2

    feminineexamination, test

  3. 3

    feminineexperience

  4. 4

    femininerow (of people, animals or objects)

  5. 5

    femininevein (thin deposit of a mineral or metal)

  6. 6

    femininea string used to spin a spinning top

  7. 7

    femininehole through which spiders and silkworms expel the sap with which they produce webs and cocoons

  8. 8

    Brazilfemininefishhook line

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ferramenta cônica através da qual se produzem fios ou arames a partir de metais dúcteis a frio 2. gabarito utilizado para verificar o diâmetro de fios 3. veio mineral 4. pedaço de cordão com que se faz o pião rodar

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 fieira

  • fieiras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fieira?

  • Brazil /fiˈe(j).ɾɐ/
  • Brazil [fiˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • Brazil /ˈfje(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 fieira

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fieira in Portuguese?

fieira appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).