lelé
Portuguese, adjective/leˈlɛ/
lelé is spelled L-E-L-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lelé is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “lacking sanity; insane; crazy; demented” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lelé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinelacking sanity; insane; crazy; demented
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. confusão, intriga
noun: 1. dança de influência francesa, de várias coreografias, sendo os pares de homens e mulheres dispostos em duas filas; dividida em quarto partes: chorado, dança-grande, talavera e cajueiro
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 lelé
- lelés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lelé?
- Brazil /leˈlɛ/
- Portugal /lɨˈlɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lelé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lelé in Portuguese?
lelé appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).