posseiro
Portuguese, noun/poˈse(j).ɾu/
posseiro is spelled P-O-S-S-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Posseiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “someone who has legal ownership of land without a document proving it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que ocupa terra ou imóvel rural sem título legal”.
What does posseiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who has legal ownership of land without a document proving it
- 2
Brazilmasculinesomeone who tries to adversely possess someone else’s property; squatter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que ocupa terra ou imóvel rural sem título legal 2. pequeno agricultor que exerce posse sem ser proprietário
adjective: 1. que exerce posse sem título legal
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 posseiro
- posseiros plural
- posseira feminine
- posseiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce posseiro?
- Brazil /poˈse(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [poˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /puˈsɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is posseiro in Portuguese?
posseiro appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).