obreiro
Portuguese, noun/oˈbɾe(j).ɾu/
obreiro is spelled O-B-R-E-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obreiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “worker, a mechanical or manual laborer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que obra”.
What does obreiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineworker, a mechanical or manual laborer
adjective
- 1
labouring, working
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que obra
noun: 1. aquele que obra 2. operário, trabalhador, empregado 3. autor, artífice 4. cooperador
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 obreiro
- obreiros plural
- obreira feminine
- obreiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obreiro?
- Brazil /oˈbɾe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [oˈbɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ɔˈbɾɐj.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 obreiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obreiro in Portuguese?
obreiro appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).