lavadeira
Portuguese, noun/la.vaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
lavadeira is spelled L-A-V-A-D-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lavadeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “laundress, washerwoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que lava roupas”.
What does lavadeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelaundress, washerwoman
- 2
femininedragonfly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que lava roupas 2. lavadora; máquina de lavar 3. o mesmo que libélula 4. nome de várias aves, como a Xolmis velata (noivinha-branca), Heteroxolmis dominicana (noivinha-de-rabo-preto), Fluvicola nengeta (lavadeira-mascarada)
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 lavadeira
- lavadeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lavadeira?
- Brazil /la.vaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [la.vaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /lɐ.vɐˈdɐj.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 lavadeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lavadeira in Portuguese?
lavadeira appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).