mealheiro
Portuguese, noun/me.aˈʎe(j).ɾu/
mealheiro is spelled M-E-A-L-H-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mealheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “money box, piggy bank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mealheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoney box, piggy bank
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of mealheiro
- mealheiros plural
- mialheiro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mealheiro?
- Brazil /me.aˈʎe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [me.aˈʎe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /mi.aˈʎe(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mealheiro in Portuguese?
mealheiro appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).