inveja
Portuguese, noun/ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
inveja is spelled I-N-V-E-J-A (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inveja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “envy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of invejar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentimento de desejar possuir aquilo que outro tem”.
What does inveja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenvy
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sentimento de desejar possuir aquilo que outro tem
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 inveja
- invejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inveja?
- Brazil /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ĩˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inveja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inveja in Portuguese?
inveja appears 15 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).