queijeiro
Portuguese, noun/ke(j)ˈʒe(j).ɾu/
queijeiro is spelled Q-U-E-I-J-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Queijeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cheesemaker (person who makes cheese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fabricante ou vendedor de queijos”.
What does queijeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecheesemaker (person who makes cheese)
adjective
- 1
relating to cheese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fabricante ou vendedor de queijos
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 queijeiro
- queijeiros plural
- queijeira feminine
- queijeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce queijeiro?
- Brazil /ke(j)ˈʒe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐjˈʒɐj.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 queijeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is queijeiro in Portuguese?
queijeiro appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).