mexeriqueira
Portuguese, noun/me.ʃe.ɾiˈke(j).ɾɐ/
mexeriqueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata, a fruit-bearing tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of mexeriqueiro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore que produz a mexerica”.
What does mexeriqueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemandarin orange (Citrus reticulata, a fruit-bearing tree)
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of mexeriqueiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore que produz a mexerica 2. que ou aquele que é dado a mexericos
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 mexeriqueira
- mexeriqueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mexeriqueira?
- Brazil /me.ʃe.ɾiˈke(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [me.ʃe.ɾiˈke(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /mɨ.ʃɨ.ɾiˈkɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mexeriqueira in Portuguese?
mexeriqueira appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).