joeirar
Portuguese, verb/ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
joeirar is spelled J-O-E-I-R-A-R (7 letters). Joeirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to winnow (to separate grain from chaff by throwing them in the air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passar por crivo ou joeira (para separar o joio)”.
What does joeirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to winnow (to separate grain from chaff by throwing them in the air)
- 2
to winnow; to sift (to separate the good from the bad)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. passar por crivo ou joeira (para separar o joio)
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 joeirar
- joeiro first-person present singular
- joeirei first-person preterite singular
- joeirado participle past
- joeirares infinitive second-person singular
- joeirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- joeirardes infinitive plural second-person
- joeirarem infinitive plural third-person
- joeirando gerund
- joeirados masculine participle past
- joeirada feminine participle past
- joeiradas feminine participle past
- joeiras indicative present second-person
- joeira indicative present singular
- joeiramos first-person indicative plural
- joeirais indicative plural present
- joeiram indicative plural present
- joeirava first-person imperfect indicative
- joeiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joeirar?
- Brazil /ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒo.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- /ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joeirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.