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milheiro

Portuguese, noun[miˈʎei̯ɾo̞]

milheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “loosely a thousand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “milhar, em contagem de objetos”.

What does milheiro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculineloosely a thousand

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. milhar, em contagem de objetos

noun: 1. terreno plantado de milho

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 milheiro

  • milheiros plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce milheiro?

  • [miˈʎei̯ɾo̞]
  • [miˈʎei̯ɾʉ]
  • [miˈʎei̯ɾu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is milheiro in Portuguese?

milheiro appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).