tojeira
Portuguese, noun/toˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/
tojeira is spelled T-O-J-E-I-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tojeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gorse; furze (Ulex europaeus, an evergreen shrub of Europe and northern Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pé de tojo”.
What does tojeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegorse; furze (Ulex europaeus, an evergreen shrub of Europe and northern Africa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pé de tojo 2. tojal 3. mulher que vende ou acarreta tojo para os fornos
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 tojeira
- tojeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tojeira?
- Brazil /toˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [toˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /tuˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tojeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tojeira in Portuguese?
tojeira appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).