Freire
Freire is a word used in the Portuguese and Galician languages to define the occupational name for a friar, or a nickname for a pious person or someone employed at a monastery. The word is derived from Latin frater, which means brother.[1]
Freire is also a surname, and may refer to:
People
- Alejandro Freire (b.1974), Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos do Amaral Freire, Brazilian scholar and linguist
- Francisco José Freire (1719–1773), Portuguese historian and philologist
- José Freire Falcão (1925- ), Brazilian cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Laura Espido Freire (b.1974), Spanish writer
- Junqueira Freire (1832-1855), Brazilian poet and Benedictine monk
- Manuel Freire (b.1942), Portuguese singer and composer
- Manuel Alberto Freire Andrade Armijo (c.1765-c.1834), Spanish cavalry officer and general
- Nelson Freire (b.1944), Brazilian classical pianist
- Óscar Freire (b.1976), Spanish bicycle racer
- Paulo Freire (1921-1997), Brazilian educator
- Ramón Freire (1787-1851), President of Chile
- Roberto Freire (b.1942), Brazilian politician
- Roberto Freire (1927-2008), Brazilian psychiatrist and writer
- Willamy Freire (born 1987), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
Other uses