lanceiro
Portuguese, noun/lɐ̃ˈse(j).ɾu/
lanceiro is spelled L-A-N-C-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lanceiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “spearman (soldier armed with a spear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soldado armado de lança”.
What does lanceiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespearman (soldier armed with a spear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. soldado armado de lança 2. o que faz lanças
noun: 1. cabido de lanças, onde elas se guardam
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 lanceiro
- lanceiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lanceiro?
- Brazil /lɐ̃ˈse(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [lɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /lɐ̃ˈsɐj.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 lanceiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lanceiro in Portuguese?
lanceiro appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).