tenreiro
Portuguese, noun/tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/
tenreiro is spelled T-E-N-R-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenreiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “calf (young bull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terneiro, cria da vaca e do touro”.
What does tenreiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalf (young bull)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tenro
noun: 1. terneiro, cria da vaca e do touro
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 tenreiro
- tenreiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenreiro?
- Brazil /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [tẽˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tenreiro in Portuguese?
tenreiro appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).