passarinheiro
Portuguese, noun/pa.sa.ɾĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
passarinheiro is spelled P-A-S-S-A-R-I-N-H-E-I-R-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passarinheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “birdcatcher (a person who catches or snares birds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does passarinheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebirdcatcher (a person who catches or snares birds)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of passarinheiro
- passarinheiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passarinheiro?
- Brazil /pa.sa.ɾĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [pa.sa.ɾĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /pɐ.sɐ.ɾiˈɲɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passarinheiro in Portuguese?
passarinheiro appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).