mamoeiro
Portuguese, noun/ma.moˈe(j).ɾu/
mamoeiro is spelled M-A-M-O-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mamoeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “papaya (Carica papaya, a tropical tree of the Americas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore da família das cariáceas (Carica papaya) cujo fruto é o mamão”.
What does mamoeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepapaya (Carica papaya, a tropical tree of the Americas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore da família das cariáceas (Carica papaya) cujo fruto é o mamão
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 mamoeiro
- mamoeiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mamoeiro?
- Brazil /ma.moˈe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ma.moˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /mɐˈmwɐj.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 mamoeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mamoeiro in Portuguese?
mamoeiro 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).