puteiro
Portuguese, noun/puˈte(j).ɾu/
puteiro is spelled P-U-T-E-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “whorehouse, brothel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “casa onde mulheres vendem serviços sexuais”.
What does puteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinevulgarwhorehouse, brothel
- 2
Brazilmasculinevulgargroup of prostitutes
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. casa onde mulheres vendem serviços sexuais
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 puteiro
- puteiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puteiro?
- Brazil /puˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [puˈte(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 puteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puteiro in Portuguese?
puteiro appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).