parteiro
Portuguese, noun/paʁˈte(j).ɾu/
parteiro is spelled P-A-R-T-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “midhusband (male midwife)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obstetra que assiste as parturientes”.
What does parteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemidhusband (male midwife)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do obstetra que assiste as parturientes 2. excessivamente cuidadoso mas de sinceridade duvidosa
noun: 1. obstetra que assiste as parturientes
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 parteiro
- parteiros plural
- parteira feminine
- parteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parteiro?
- Brazil /paʁˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [pahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parteiro in Portuguese?
parteiro appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).