marisqueira
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾisˈke(j).ɾɐ/
marisqueira is spelled M-A-R-I-S-Q-U-E-I-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marisqueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “seafood restaurant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local onde se vendem mariscos”.
What does marisqueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseafood restaurant
- 2
femininewoman who sells seafood
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local onde se vendem mariscos 2. restaurante onde se servem mariscos 3. vendedora de marisco 4. peixe marítimo cujo nome científico é Micropogon furnnieri
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 marisqueira
- marisqueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marisqueira?
- Brazil /ma.ɾisˈke(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ma.ɾisˈke(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /ma.ɾiʃˈke(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marisqueira in Portuguese?
marisqueira appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).