lampejo
Portuguese, noun/lɐ̃ˈpe.ʒu/
lampejo is spelled L-A-M-P-E-J-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lampejo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “flicker (an unsteady flash of light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of lampejar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “claridade intensa e repentina”.
What does lampejo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflicker (an unsteady flash of light)
- 2
masculinespark (small particle of glowing matter)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of lampejar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. claridade intensa e repentina
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 lampejo
- lampejos plural
- lampêjo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lampejo?
- Brazil /lɐ̃ˈpe.ʒu/
- Portugal /lɐ̃ˈpɐ(j).ʒu/
- Portugal /lɐ̃ˈpe.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lampejo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lampejo in Portuguese?
lampejo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).