ligeira
Portuguese, adjective
ligeira is spelled L-I-G-E-I-R-A (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ligeira is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of ligeiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ligeira mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of ligeiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ligeireza, celeridade, movimento ágil 2. corda para prender o boi novo a um fueiro do carro de bois para o amansar 3. um tipo de chicote 4. corda usada no calabre para segurar os seus paus
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 common is ligeira in Portuguese?
ligeira appears 3.0 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).