enfeite
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈfej.t͡ʃi/
enfeite is spelled E-N-F-E-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfeite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ornament; decoration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of enfeitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ornamento, adorno, atavio”.
What does enfeite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineornament; decoration
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ornamento, adorno, atavio
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 enfeite
- enfeites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfeite?
- Brazil /ẽˈfej.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ẽˈfeɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Brazil /ĩˈfej.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfeite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfeite in Portuguese?
enfeite appears 1.5 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).