oliveira
Portuguese, noun/o.liˈve(j).ɾɐ/
oliveira is spelled O-L-I-V-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oliveira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “olive tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore, Olea europaea, da família das Oleáceas, que dá as azeitonas (também chamadas de olivas) donde se…”.
What does oliveira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineolive tree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore, Olea europaea, da família das Oleáceas, que dá as azeitonas (também chamadas de olivas) donde se extrai o azeite de oliva
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais 2. sobrenome comum em português
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 oliveira
- oliveiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oliveira?
- Brazil /o.liˈve(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [o.liˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /ɔ.liˈvɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oliveira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oliveira in Portuguese?
oliveira appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).