civeta
Portuguese, noun/siˈve.tɐ/
civeta is spelled C-I-V-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civeta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal pequeno e leve, geralmente arborícola, seu habitat mais comum é a floresta tropical, mas vivem também…”.
What does civeta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecivet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. animal pequeno e leve, geralmente arborícola, seu habitat mais comum é a floresta tropical, mas vivem também em savanas e nas áreas em torno do Mar Mediterrâneo; acredita-se que seja um vetor do vírus causador da gripe asiática
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 civeta
- civetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civeta?
- Brazil /siˈve.tɐ/
- Portugal /siˈve.tɐ/
- Portugal /siˈbe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to civeta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civeta in Portuguese?
civeta appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).