zungueira
Portuguese, noun/zũˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
zungueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “woman walking around the streets selling different goods inside a bowl carried over her head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que percorre as ruas vendendo produtos diversos dentro de uma bacia que leva na cabeça”.
What does zungueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewoman walking around the streets selling different goods inside a bowl carried over her head
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que percorre as ruas vendendo produtos diversos dentro de uma bacia que leva na cabeça
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 zungueira
- zungueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zungueira?
- Brazil /zũˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [zũˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /zũˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zungueira in Portuguese?
zungueira appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).