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vinagreira

Portuguese, noun/vi.naˈɡɾe(j).ɾɐ/

vinagreira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa, a shrub grown for its fibre and edible flowers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vasilha em que se guarda ou prepara o vinagre”.

What does vinagreira mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineroselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa, a shrub grown for its fibre and edible flowers)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vasilha em que se guarda ou prepara o vinagre 2. planta também conhecida por azeda; seu nome científico é Hibiscus sabdariffa 3. bolsa mole, espécie de alforreca, que os temporais arrojam à praia e que, pisada, expele um líquido avermelhado 4. o mesmo que caspacho

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 vinagreira

  • vinagreiras plural

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

How do you pronounce vinagreira?

  • Brazil /vi.naˈɡɾe(j).ɾɐ/
  • Brazil [vi.naˈɡɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • Portugal /vi.nɐˈɡɾɐj.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 vinagreira

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

How common is vinagreira in Portuguese?

vinagreira appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.

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