fogueira
Portuguese, noun/foˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
fogueira is spelled F-O-G-U-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fogueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bonfire (pile of burning wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “labareda”.
What does fogueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebonfire (pile of burning wood)
- 2
femininestake (post one is bound to for execution by burning)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. labareda 2. lume da lareira 3. situação em que a bola lançada fica de forma propícia a que jogador adversário tenha condição de conseguir sua posse por estar a haver uma distância onde ela está a viajar e o jogador ao qual a mesma foi objetivada
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 fogueira
- fogueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fogueira?
- Brazil /foˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [foˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /fuˈɡe(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 fogueira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fogueira in Portuguese?
fogueira appears 5.1 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).