poeirento
Portuguese, adjective/po.e(j)ˈɾẽ.tu/
poeirento is spelled P-O-E-I-R-E-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poeirento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “dusty (covered with dust)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coberto de poeira”.
What does poeirento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dusty (covered with dust)
- 2
dusty (powdery and resembling dust)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. coberto de poeira
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 poeirento
- poeirenta feminine
- poeirentos masculine plural
- poeirentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poeirento?
- Brazil /po.e(j)ˈɾẽ.tu/
- Brazil [po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾẽ.tu]
- Portugal /pwɐjˈɾẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poeirento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poeirento in Portuguese?
poeirento appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).