mensageiro
Portuguese, noun/mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾu/
mensageiro is spelled M-E-N-S-A-G-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mensageiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “messenger (one who brings messages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o portador de uma mensagem”.
What does mensageiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemessenger (one who brings messages)
- 2
masculinemailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
- 3
masculineherald; harbinger
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o portador de uma mensagem 2. no antigo teatro grego, personagem que narra os eventos que antecedem a ação 3. núncio 4. carteiro
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 mensageiro
- mensageiros plural
- mensageira feminine
- mensageiras feminine plural
- messageiro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mensageiro?
- Brazil /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [mẽ.saˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /mẽ.sɐˈʒɐj.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 mensageiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mensageiro in Portuguese?
mensageiro appears 4.7 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).