palmiteiro
Portuguese, noun/paw.miˈte(j).ɾu/
palmiteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any palm tree with an edible heart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does palmiteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany palm tree with an edible heart
- 2
masculinepalm tree of the species Euterpe edulis
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who harvest heart of palm from wild palm trees, often illegally
- 2
Brazilderogatorymasculineslanga black person with a sexual preference for white people
adjective
- 1
heart of palm extraction
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of palmiteiro
- palmiteiros plural
- palmiteira feminine
- palmiteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palmiteiro?
- Brazil /paw.miˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [paʊ̯.miˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /pal.miˈtɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palmiteiro in Portuguese?
palmiteiro appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).