megera
Portuguese, noun/meˈʒɛ.ɾɐ/
megera is spelled M-E-G-E-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Megera is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an evil or bad-tempered woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de serpentes”.
What does megera mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininean evil or bad-tempered woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero de serpentes 2. gênero de borboletas; borboleta de asas alaranjadas e marrons escuras, com manchas ocelares, distribuída pela Europa, da espécie Lasiommata megera 3. mulher de má índole, cruel 4. mãe desnaturada
noun: 1. nome de uma das três Fúrias
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 megera
- megeras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce megera?
- Brazil /meˈʒɛ.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /mɨˈʒɛ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to megera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is megera in Portuguese?
megera 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).