pedraria
Portuguese, noun/pe.dɾaˈɾi.ɐ/
pedraria is spelled P-E-D-R-A-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedraria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stone cutting; masonry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular conditional of pedrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedras de cantaria”.
What does pedraria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestone cutting; masonry
- 2
femininegem cutting
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular conditional of pedrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedras de cantaria 2. coleção de pedras preciosas
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.
How do you pronounce pedraria?
- Brazil /pe.dɾaˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɨ.dɾɐˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal [pɨ.ðɾɐˈɾi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pedraria in Portuguese?
pedraria appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).