marinheiro
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
marinheiro is spelled M-A-R-I-N-H-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marinheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sailor, seaman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem empregado na manobra de um navio”.
What does marinheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesailor, seaman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à marinhagem
noun: 1. homem empregado na manobra de um navio 2. homem do mar 3. indivíduo da marinha de guerra
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 marinheiro
- marinheiros plural
- marinheira feminine
- marinheiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marinheiro?
- Brazil /ma.ɾĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ma.ɾĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾiˈɲɐj.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 marinheiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marinheiro in Portuguese?
marinheiro appears 4.0 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).