forasteiro
Portuguese, noun/fo.ɾasˈte(j).ɾu/
forasteiro is spelled F-O-R-A-S-T-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forasteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “foreigner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que ou aquele que é de fora da terra”.
What does forasteiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
foreign
noun
- 1
masculineforeigner
- 2
masculinestranger
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. estrangeiro 2. estranho 3. peregrino
noun: 1. que ou aquele que é de fora da terra 2. estrangeiro 3. estranho 4. peregrino
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 forasteiro
- forasteira feminine
- forasteiros masculine plural
- forasteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forasteiro?
- Brazil /fo.ɾasˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [fo.ɾasˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /fo.ɾaʃˈte(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 forasteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forasteiro in Portuguese?
forasteiro appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).