mosquiteiro
Portuguese, noun/mos.kiˈte(j).ɾu/
mosquiteiro is spelled M-O-S-Q-U-I-T-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mosquiteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mosquito net (fine net used to protect against mosquitos)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mosquiteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemosquito net (fine net used to protect against mosquitos)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of mosquiteiro
- mosquiteiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mosquiteiro?
- Brazil /mos.kiˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [mos.kiˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /mus.kiˈte(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mosquiteiro in Portuguese?
mosquiteiro appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).