gente
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
gente is spelled G-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 407 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gente is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “we” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea group of two or more persons
Tinha uma gente esperando na porta.
- 2
femininepersons forming a distinct identity
A gloriosa história da gente portuguesa.
- 3
feminineguys, folks (informal address to a group of people)
Gente, preciso de ajuda.
- 4
femininegens (in Ancient Rome, a group of people descending from a common ancestor)
pronoun
- 1
colloquialwe
interjection
- 1
Brazilexpression of surprise or dismay
Gente! O que aconteceu aqui
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoas 2. multidão de pessoas 3. o género humano 4. família
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 gente
- gentes plural
- gnt alternative Brazil Internet
- genti alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
- gênti alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
- gẽte alternative abbreviation obsolete
- gente! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gente?
- Brazil /ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
- /ˈʒẽ.ti/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gente in Portuguese?
gente appears 407 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).