quitandeiro
Portuguese, noun/ki.tɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾu/
quitandeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “greengrocer (grocery store owner or employee)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno comerciante de frutas e verduras, em uma quitanda”.
What does quitandeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreengrocer (grocery store owner or employee)
- 2
Brazilmasculineseller of fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno comerciante de frutas e verduras, em uma quitanda
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 quitandeiro
- quitandeiros plural
- quitandeira feminine
- quitandeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quitandeiro?
- Brazil /ki.tɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ki.tɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ki.tɐ̃ˈdɐj.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 quitandeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quitandeiro in Portuguese?
quitandeiro appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).