sertão
noun
sertão is a noun meaning “The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-R-T-Ã-O, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of sertão is sertãos or sertões.
What does sertão mean?
noun
- 1
The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil.
- 2
A similarly arid area in another region or country.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sertão
- sertãos plural
- sertões plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sertão?
Sertão appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does sertão come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese sertão.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).