jarreteira
Portuguese, noun/ʒa.ʁeˈte(j).ɾɐ/
jarreteira is spelled J-A-R-R-E-T-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jarreteira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “garter (band around leg)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “liga ou tira elástica em forma de anel que serve para prender a meia esticada sobre a perna”.
What does jarreteira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegarter (band around leg)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. liga ou tira elástica em forma de anel que serve para prender a meia esticada sobre a perna
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 jarreteira
- jarreteiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jarreteira?
- Brazil /ʒa.ʁeˈte(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ʒa.heˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /ʒa.ʁeˈte(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 jarreteira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jarreteira in Portuguese?
jarreteira appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).