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birra

Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.ʁɐ/

birra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “temper tantrum, hissy fit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of birrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “teimosia”.

What does birra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetemper tantrum, hissy fit

  2. 2

    feminineobstinacy (state of stubbornness)

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalcolloquialfemininebeer

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-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. teimosia 2. cerveja 3. liamba

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 birra

  • birras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce birra?

  • Brazil /ˈbi.ʁɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈbi.hɐ]
  • /ˈbi.ʁɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to birra

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is birra in Portuguese?

birra appears 1.0 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).