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vereador

Portuguese, noun/ve.ɾe.aˈdoʁ/

vereador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alderman; councillor (member of a municipal assembly or council)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro da câmara municipal”.

What does vereador mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealderman; councillor (member of a municipal assembly or council)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. membro da câmara municipal 2. no Brasil, membro do poder legislativo de um município, eleito através do voto direto, a fim de representar na câmara municipal interesses e necessidades da população

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 vereador

  • vereadores plural
  • vereadora feminine
  • vereadoras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce vereador?

  • Brazil /ve.ɾe.aˈdoʁ/
  • Brazil [ve.ɾe.aˈdoh]
  • Brazil /ve.ɾi.aˈdoʁ/

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

English words that translate to vereador

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vereador in Portuguese?

vereador appears 20 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).