fuzileiro
Portuguese, noun/fu.ziˈle(j).ɾu/
fuzileiro is spelled F-U-Z-I-L-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuzileiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rifleman, fusilier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soldado armado com fuzil”.
What does fuzileiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerifleman, fusilier
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. soldado armado com fuzil 2. fuzileiro naval 3. charuto ou cigarro ordinário
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 fuzileiro
- fuzileiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuzileiro?
- Brazil /fu.ziˈle(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [fu.ziˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /fu.ziˈlɐj.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 fuzileiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fuzileiro in Portuguese?
fuzileiro appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).