belê
Portuguese, interjection/beˈle/
belê is spelled B-E-L-Ê (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belê is a Portuguese interjection meaning “all right? okay? clipping of beleza (asks if the interlocutor understood or agrees with an instruction, warning or statement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa o desejo de saber se há uma concórdia, uma concordância, com uma proposta, com uma ideia”.
What does belê mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Brazilinformalall right? okay? clipping of beleza (asks if the interlocutor understood or agrees with an instruction, warning or statement)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa o desejo de saber se há uma concórdia, uma concordância, com uma proposta, com uma ideia 2. expressa concordância com uma proposta, com uma ideia
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.
How do you pronounce belê?
- Brazil /beˈle/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is belê in Portuguese?
belê appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).