jejum
Portuguese, noun/ʒeˈʒũ/
jejum is spelled J-E-J-U-M (5 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jejum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fasting (period of time when one abstains from food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado de quem não come desde o dia anterior”.
What does jejum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefasting (period of time when one abstains from food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado de quem não come desde o dia anterior 2. privação total ou parcial de alimentos por motivos higiênicos, terapêuticos ou religiosos 3. abstenção ou ausência de alguma coisa 4. ignorância sobre determinada matéria ou assunto
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 jejum
- jejuns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jejum?
- Brazil /ʒeˈʒũ/
- Portugal /ʒɨˈʒũ/
- Brazil /ʒe.ˈʒũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jejum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jejum in Portuguese?
jejum appears 5.8 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).