erva
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛʁ.vɐ/
erva is spelled E-R-V-A (4 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “herb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “liamba”.
What does erva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineherb
- 2
colloquialfeminineyerba mate
- 3
femininegrass
- 4
feminineweed
- 5
feminineslangmarijuana
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. liamba 2. pasto que se colhe para os animais 3. vegetação normal dos campos e lameiros
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 erva
- ervas plural
- herva alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erva?
- Brazil /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/
- Brazil [ˈɛɦ.vɐ]
- /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erva in Portuguese?
erva appears 8.3 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).