lêem
Portuguese, verb
lêem is spelled L-Ê-E-M (4 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lêem is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of leem; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, leem is a different word: “third-person plural present indicative of ler”.
What does lêem mean in English?
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of leem; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative of ler
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lêem
- lêem alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is lêem in Portuguese?
lêem appears 1.8 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).