oleiro
Portuguese, noun/oˈle(j).ɾu/
oleiro is spelled O-L-E-I-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oleiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “potter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que trabalha em olaria”.
What does oleiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepotter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que trabalha em olaria 2. ceramista; pessoa que fabrica ou decora cerâmica
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 oleiro
- oleiros plural
- oleira feminine
- oleiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oleiro?
- Brazil /oˈle(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [oˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ɔˈlɐj.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 oleiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oleiro in Portuguese?
oleiro appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).