bruxuleante
Portuguese, adjective/bɾu.ʃu.leˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
bruxuleante is spelled B-R-U-X-U-L-E-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruxuleante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “flickering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se move de forma esquiva, inconstante”.
What does bruxuleante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineflickering
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se move de forma esquiva, inconstante 2. diz-se da chama em risco de se apagar
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 bruxuleante
- bruxuleantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bruxuleante?
- Brazil /bɾu.ʃu.leˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /bɾu.ʃu.liˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /bɾu.ʃuˈljɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bruxuleante in Portuguese?
bruxuleante appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).