moleiro
Portuguese, noun/moˈle(j).ɾu/
moleiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “miller (person who operates or runs a mill)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “proprietário de moinho”.
What does moleiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemiller (person who operates or runs a mill)
- 2
masculineskua (predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. proprietário de moinho 2. trabalhador em moinho 3. papagaio-moleiro (Amazona farinosa) 4. ave marinha do gênero Stercorarius
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 moleiro
- moleiros plural
- moleira feminine
- moleiras feminine plural
- moinheiro alternative Northern Portugal
- munheiro alternative Northern Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moleiro?
- Brazil /moˈle(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /muˈlɐj.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 moleiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moleiro in Portuguese?
moleiro appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).