tesoureiro
Portuguese, noun/te.zo(w)ˈɾe(j).ɾu/
tesoureiro is spelled T-E-S-O-U-R-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,961st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesoureiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “treasurer (official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organisation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guarda de tesouro”.
What does tesoureiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetreasurer (official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organisation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. guarda de tesouro 2. empregado superior da administração do tesouro público 3. aquele que é encarregado das operações monetárias numa casa bancária, companhia, associação, etc.
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 tesoureiro
- tesoureiros plural
- tesoureira feminine
- tesoureiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesoureiro?
- Brazil /te.zo(w)ˈɾe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [te.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /tɨ.zo(w)ˈɾɐj.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 tesoureiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesoureiro in Portuguese?
tesoureiro appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).