alvíssaras
Portuguese, noun/awˈvi.sa.ɾɐs/
alvíssaras is spelled A-L-V-Í-S-S-A-R-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alvíssaras is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reward given to someone bringing good news or something that was lost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recompensa ou gratificação dada a quem traz boas notícias ou restitui objeto perdido”.
What does alvíssaras mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereward given to someone bringing good news or something that was lost
interjection
- 1
glad tidings
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. exclamação do entregador de boas-novas para receber recompensa (gorjeta) pelo trabalho realizado: 2. exclamação de contentamento e/ou alegria por ter recebido notícias ou por acontecimento venturoso
noun: 1. recompensa ou gratificação dada a quem traz boas notícias ou restitui objeto perdido: 2. boas novas, boas notícias
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 alvíssaras
- alvíssaras! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alvíssaras?
- Brazil /awˈvi.sa.ɾɐs/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈvi.sa.ɾɐs]
- /awˈvi.sa.ɾɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alvíssaras in Portuguese?
alvíssaras appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).