agreste
Portuguese, adjective/aˈɡɾɛs.t͡ʃi/
agreste is spelled A-G-R-E-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agreste is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “rural, rustic, wild, uncultivated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao campo”.
What does agreste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerural, rustic, wild, uncultivated
- 2
femininemasculineharsh
- 3
femininemasculinerude
- 4
femininemasculineunpleasant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao campo 2. não cultivado 3. rústico
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 agreste
- agrestes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agreste?
- Brazil /aˈɡɾɛs.t͡ʃi/
- /aˈɡɾɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐˈɡɾɛʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agreste in Portuguese?
agreste appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).