bete
Portuguese, verb/ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
bete is spelled B-E-T-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bete is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bete mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. segunda letra do alfabeto hebraico (ב), correspondente ao B latino
noun: 1. jogo em que se usa bola e taco e que é parecido com o beisebol
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 bete?
- Brazil /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈbɛ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bete in Portuguese?
bete appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).