chefe
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃɛ.fi/
chefe is spelled C-H-E-F-E (5 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chefe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chief, head, head man, boss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que se destaca pelas qualidades de autoridade, competência, poder de decisão etc”.
What does chefe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinechief, head, head man, boss
- 2
femininemasculinechieftain
- 3
femininemasculinechef (the head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
- 4
femininemasculineboss
- 5
femininemasculinechief
- 6
BrazilcolloquialfemininemasculineA term of address for someone, typically a waiter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que se destaca pelas qualidades de autoridade, competência, poder de decisão etc 2. indivíduo que, por essas qualidades, é investido de poder para ocupar um lugar de mando, de direção 3. aquele que ocupa a mais alta posição hierárquica nos organismos oficiais, civis ou militares 4. fundador ou representante de uma dinastia, um clã, uma família
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 chefe
- chefes plural
- chefa feminine informal
- chefas feminine informal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chefe?
- Brazil /ˈʃɛ.fi/
- Portugal /ˈʃɛ.fɨ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃɛ.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chefe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chefe in Portuguese?
chefe appears 129 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).