leitor
Portuguese, noun/lejˈtoʁ/
leitor is spelled L-E-I-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,317th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leitor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reader (one who reads text)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que lê ou tem o hábito de ler”.
What does leitor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reading
noun
- 1
masculinereader (one who reads text)
- 2
masculinelector (lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service)
noun
- 1
masculinereader (device which reads digital information)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que lê ou tem o hábito de ler 2. uma das três entidades da história na teoria literária (as outras duas são o narrador e o autor)
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 leitor
- leitora feminine
- leitores masculine plural
- leitoras feminine plural
- leytor alternative obsolete
- lector alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leitor?
- Brazil /lejˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [leɪ̯ˈtoh]
- /lejˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leitor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leitor in Portuguese?
leitor appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).