quarteirão
Portuguese, noun/kwaʁ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
quarteirão is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-I-R-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quarteirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “block (in a city)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “no traçado de uma cidade, terreno quadrangular, formado por quatro ruas que se cruzam duas a duas; quadra”.
What does quarteirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblock (in a city)
- 2
masculinequarter (part of a city)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. no traçado de uma cidade, terreno quadrangular, formado por quatro ruas que se cruzam duas a duas; quadra
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 quarteirão
- quarteirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quarteirão?
- Brazil /kwaʁ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kwah.te(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /kwaɾ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quarteirão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quarteirão in Portuguese?
quarteirão appears 3.0 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).