seringueira
Portuguese, noun/se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
seringueira is spelled S-E-R-I-N-G-U-E-I-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seringueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rubber tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of seringueiro (“rubber tapper”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore euforbiácea da qual se extrai borracha”.
What does seringueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerubber tree
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of seringueiro (“rubber tapper”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore euforbiácea da qual se extrai borracha
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 seringueira
- seringueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seringueira?
- Brazil /se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [se.ɾĩˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is seringueira in Portuguese?
seringueira appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).