vieira
Portuguese, noun/viˈe(j).ɾɐ/
vieira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molusco lamelibrânquio bivalve comestível, Pectem maximus”.
What does vieira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molusco lamelibrânquio bivalve comestível, Pectem maximus 2. concha deste molusco, muito usada como insígnia em heráldica europeia (por exemplo, pelos peregrinos do Caminho de Santiago) 3. Pectem jacobaeus, molusco mediterrânico muito semelhante ao anterior 4. molusco da espécie Aequipecten opercularis
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português
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 vieira
- vieiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vieira?
- Brazil /viˈe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [viˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /ˈvje(j).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 vieira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vieira in Portuguese?
vieira appears 27 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).