elegia
Portuguese, noun/e.leˈʒi.ɐ/
elegia is spelled E-L-E-G-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elegia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “elegy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of eleger. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composição poética em que se lamenta a morte de alguém ou qualquer outro assunto triste; poema lírico ou…”.
What does elegia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelegy
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of eleger
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composição poética em que se lamenta a morte de alguém ou qualquer outro assunto triste; poema lírico ou melancólico 2. para gregos e latinos, poema de versos hexâmetros e pentâmetros alternados 3. canção lamentosa
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 elegia
- elegias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elegia?
- Brazil /e.leˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /i.lɨˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /i.lɨ.ˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elegia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elegia in Portuguese?
elegia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).