besteira
Portuguese, noun
besteira is spelled B-E-S-T-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besteira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of besteiro. With an accent, bèsteira is a different word: “female equivalent of bèsteiro”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coisa sem sentido”.
What does besteira mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininenonsense
- 2
Brazilfemininefoolishness
- 3
Brazilfemininejunk food
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininefemale equivalent of besteiro
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of bèsteiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coisa sem sentido 2. coisa própria de um besta 3. abertura em galerias de fortificações antigas 4. alimento de alto valor energético e de baixo teor proteico e vitamínico, como doce, refrigerante, salgadinho, etc
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 besteira
- besteiras plural
- bèsteira alternative
- bèsteiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to besteira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besteira in Portuguese?
besteira appears 14 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).