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erê

Portuguese, noun/eˈɾe/

erê is spelled E-R-Ê (3 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intermediário entre a pessoa e seu orixá, reside no ponto exato entre a consciência da pessoa e a…”.

What does erê mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineboy

  2. 2

    masculinechild; kid

  3. 3

    masculineyoung man

  4. 4

    derogatorymasculinemanlet

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. intermediário entre a pessoa e seu orixá, reside no ponto exato entre a consciência da pessoa e a inconsciência do orixá

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 erê

  • erês plural
  • ereia feminine
  • ereias feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erê?

  • Brazil /eˈɾe/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is erê in Portuguese?

erê appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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