pinheiro
Portuguese, noun/pĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
pinheiro is spelled P-I-N-H-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinheiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pine (any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or similar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore do gênero Pinus”.
What does pinheiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepine (any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or similar)
- 2
masculineChristmas tree (tree decorated with hangings during Christmas)
- 3
masculineParaná pine (Araucaria angustifolia, a tree of South America)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. qualifica uma raça bovina de chifres muito levantados
noun: 1. árvore do gênero Pinus 2. árvore que produz pinhas (plantas do gênero Pinus e do gênero Araucaria)
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Maranhão 2. sobrenome comum em português
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 pinheiro
- pinheiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinheiro?
- Brazil /pĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [pĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /piˈɲɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pinheiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pinheiro in Portuguese?
pinheiro appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).