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poveiro

Portuguese, noun/poˈve(j).ɾu/

poveiro is spelled P-O-V-E-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poveiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a native of Póvoa de Varzim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é natural da freguesia ou do concelho português da Póvoa de Varzim”.

What does poveiro mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of Póvoa de Varzim

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea native of Póvoa de Varzim

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que é relativo à Póvoa de Varzim ou aos seus habitantes

noun: 1. aquele que é natural da freguesia ou do concelho português da Póvoa de Varzim 2. habitante da freguesia ou do concelho da Póvoa de Varzim

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 poveiro

  • poveira feminine
  • poveiros masculine plural
  • poveiras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce poveiro?

  • Brazil /poˈve(j).ɾu/
  • Brazil [poˈve(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • Portugal /pɔˈvɐj.ɾu/

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

How common is poveiro in Portuguese?

poveiro appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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