adereço
Portuguese, noun/a.deˈɾe.su/
adereço is spelled A-D-E-R-E-Ç-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adereço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ornament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of adereçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça usada como adorno”.
What does adereço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineornament
- 2
masculineprops
- 3
masculinenightdress
- 4
masculinebedding set
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of adereçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça usada como adorno 2. enfeite, ornamento 3. objeto que um sambista leva na mão, na roupa etc. para compor suas fantasias carnavalescas 4. arreio de cavalo
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 adereço
- adereços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adereço?
- Brazil /a.deˈɾe.su/
- Portugal /ɐ.dɨˈɾe.su/
- Portugal [ɐ.ðɨˈɾe.su]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adereço in Portuguese?
adereço appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).