formigueiro
Portuguese, noun/foʁ.miˈɡe(j).ɾu/
formigueiro is spelled F-O-R-M-I-G-U-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formigueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anthill, ant colony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitação das formigas, quantidade de formigas”.
What does formigueiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanthill, ant colony
adjective
- 1
who steals objects of little value; petty
- 2
en masse (in a single body or group)
Invasão formigueira.
- 3
anteating
urso-formigueiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
noun: 1. habitação das formigas, quantidade de formigas 2. grande quantidade de pessoas, multidão em movimento 3. comichão 4. impaciência, inquietação, agitação
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 formigueiro
- formigueiros plural
- formigueira feminine
- formigueiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formigueiro?
- Brazil /foʁ.miˈɡe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [foɦ.miˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /fuʁ.miˈɡe(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 formigueiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formigueiro in Portuguese?
formigueiro appears 1.1 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).