mequetrefe
Portuguese, noun/me.keˈtɾɛ.fi/
mequetrefe is spelled M-E-Q-U-E-T-R-E-F-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mequetrefe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bum, loiterer (pejorative for a person perceived to be lazy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo intrometido, dado a meter-se no que não é de sua conta; enxerido”.
What does mequetrefe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformalmasculinepetty, contemptible, worthless
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebum, loiterer (pejorative for a person perceived to be lazy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem qualidade de ordinário no teor como justificativa ou explicação de factualidade
noun: 1. indivíduo intrometido, dado a meter-se no que não é de sua conta; enxerido 2. indivíduo de caráter duvidoso; patife, mariola, biltre 3. indivíduo sem importância, inútil, insignificante; borra-botas, joão-ninguém
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 mequetrefe
- mequetrefes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mequetrefe?
- Brazil /me.keˈtɾɛ.fi/
- Portugal /mɨ.kɨˈtɾɛ.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mequetrefe in Portuguese?
mequetrefe appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).