frevo
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾe.vu/
frevo is spelled F-R-E-V-O (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frevo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frevo (style originated in Pernambuco, Brazil, characterized by a fast tempo and quasi-acrobatic movements, typically with small and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ritmo de dança”.
What does frevo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrevo (style originated in Pernambuco, Brazil, characterized by a fast tempo and quasi-acrobatic movements, typically with small and colorful umbrellas and associated with carnival)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ritmo de dança
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 frevo
- frevos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frevo?
- Brazil /ˈfɾe.vu/
- Portugal /ˈfɾe.vu/
- Portugal /ˈfɾe.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frevo in Portuguese?
frevo appears 1.9 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).