Barreiro

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proper noun

A surname from Galician, Portuguese, or Spanish.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounBarreiro (countable and uncountable, plural Barreiros)

plural Barreiros

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Galician, Portuguese, or Spanish.
  2. countableuncountableA city, municipality, and former civil parish in Setúbal district, Portugal, on the south side of the Tagus
  3. countableuncountableA town on Maio, Cape Verde.

Origin

Borrowed from Galician Barreiro, Portuguese Barreiro, and Spanish Barreiro.

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APA

Barreiro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barreiro

MLA

“Barreiro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barreiro. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Barreiro,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barreiro.

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