janeiras
Portuguese, noun/ʒaˈne(j).ɾɐs/
janeiras is spelled J-A-N-E-I-R-A-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Janeiras is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tradição em Portugal e na Galiza que consiste na reunião de grupos que passeiam pelas ruas no início do ano…”.
What does janeiras mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineNew Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tradição em Portugal e na Galiza que consiste na reunião de grupos que passeiam pelas ruas no início do ano, cantando de porta em porta e desejando às pessoas um feliz ano novo
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.
How do you pronounce janeiras?
- Brazil /ʒaˈne(j).ɾɐs/
- Brazil [ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐs]
- /ʒaˈne(j).ɾɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is janeiras in Portuguese?
janeiras appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).