forreta
Portuguese, noun/foˈʁe.tɐ/
forreta is spelled F-O-R-R-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forreta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “miser, scrooge, cheapskate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa muito agarrada ao dinheiro; avaro”.
What does forreta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemiser, scrooge, cheapskate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa muito agarrada ao dinheiro; avaro 2. sovina
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 forreta
- forretas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forreta?
- Brazil /foˈʁe.tɐ/
- Brazil [foˈhe.tɐ]
- /foˈʁe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is forreta in Portuguese?
forreta appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).