sineiro
Portuguese, noun/siˈne(j).ɾu/
sineiro is spelled S-I-N-E-I-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sineiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a bell ringer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que fabrica ou vende sinos”.
What does sineiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bell
A capela tem uma pequena torre sineira.
noun
- 1
masculinea bell ringer
- 2
masculinea bellmaker
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao sino 2. que tem sino ou sinos
noun: 1. pessoa que fabrica ou vende sinos 2. pessoa que toca o sino 3. araponga
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 sineiro
- sineira feminine
- sineiros masculine plural
- sineiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sineiro?
- Brazil /siˈne(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [siˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /siˈnɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sineiro in Portuguese?
sineiro appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).