porteiro
Portuguese, noun/poʁˈte(j).ɾu/
porteiro is spelled P-O-R-T-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “doorman, gatekeeper, concierge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que guarda uma porta ou portaria”.
What does porteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoorman, gatekeeper, concierge
- 2
masculineporter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que guarda uma porta ou portaria 2. guarda-portão 3. o que apregoa em leilões judiciais 4. cobrador de direitos reais
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 porteiro
- porteiros plural
- porteira feminine
- porteiras feminine plural
- porteyro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porteiro?
- Brazil /poʁˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [pohˈte(ɪ̯).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 porteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is porteiro in Portuguese?
porteiro appears 4.0 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).