decoreba
Portuguese, noun/de.koˈɾɛ.bɐ/
decoreba is spelled D-E-C-O-R-E-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decoreba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cram (hasty memorisation of information)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do ato de aprender matérias só para um teste e depois esquecê-las, valorizando mais o fato de as ter…”.
What does decoreba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialderogatoryfemininecram (hasty memorisation of information)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diz-se do ato de aprender matérias só para um teste e depois esquecê-las, valorizando mais o fato de as ter decorado do que a aprendizagem e o raciocínio
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 decoreba
- decorebas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decoreba?
- Brazil /de.koˈɾɛ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decoreba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decoreba in Portuguese?
decoreba appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).