fronteiro
Portuguese, adjective/fɾõˈte(j).ɾu/
fronteiro is spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fronteiro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “front” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está defronte”.
What does fronteiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
front
- 2
opposite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está defronte
noun: 1. governador de uma praça na fronteira
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 fronteiro
- fronteira feminine
- fronteiros masculine plural
- fronteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fronteiro?
- Brazil /fɾõˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [fɾõˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /fɾõˈtɐj.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 fronteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fronteiro in Portuguese?
fronteiro appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).