meneio
Portuguese, noun/meˈnej.u/
meneio is spelled M-E-N-E-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese, the 251,849th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meneio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “body movement such as a wiggle or wriggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of menear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de menear(-se)”.
What does meneio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebody movement such as a wiggle or wriggle
- 2
masculinehandling
- 3
masculinegovernment, direction
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of menear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de menear(-se) 2. movimento de um corpo ou de suas partes 3. aceno 4. trejeito
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 meneio
- meneios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meneio?
- Brazil /meˈnej.u/
- Brazil [meˈneɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /mɨˈnɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is meneio in Portuguese?
meneio appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).