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peteiro

Portuguese, noun/peˈte(j).ɾu/

peteiro is spelled P-E-T-E-I-R-O (7 letters). Peteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “liar (one who tells lies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mealheiro, caixa ou recipiente onde são guardadas as poupanças”.

What does peteiro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineliar (one who tells lies)

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculinemoney box

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mealheiro, caixa ou recipiente onde são guardadas as poupanças 2. bico das aves, e por extensão boca, nariz 3. ponta, extremidade 4. montão de molhos, erva mais alta que está no meio sem segar

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 peteiro

  • peteiros plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peteiro?

  • Brazil /peˈte(j).ɾu/
  • Brazil [peˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • Portugal /pɨˈtɐj.ɾu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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