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treineiro

Portuguese, noun/tɾejˈne(j).ɾu/

treineiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “A person who has not yet completed high school nor is about to, but takes university entrance exams to assess their knowledge and prepare…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que está perto de completar a etapa do ensino que precede a universidade e que se submete a vestibular…”.

What does treineiro mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    BrazilRelated to a person who has not yet completed high school nor is about to, but takes university entrance exams to assess their knowledge and prepare for such tests.

noun

  1. 1

    BrazilmasculineA person who has not yet completed high school nor is about to, but takes university entrance exams to assess their knowledge and prepare for such tests.

  2. 2

    derogatoryinformalmasculinetrainer

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pessoa que está perto de completar a etapa do ensino que precede a universidade e que se submete a vestibular com intenção de testar sua competência com intuito de melhor se habilitar para a prova vestibular derradeira

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 treineiro

  • treineira feminine
  • treineiros masculine plural
  • treineiras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce treineiro?

  • Brazil /tɾejˈne(j).ɾu/
  • Brazil [tɾeɪ̯ˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • Portugal /tɾɐjˈnɐj.ɾu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is treineiro in Portuguese?

treineiro appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).