merenda
Portuguese, noun/meˈɾẽ.dɐ/
merenda is spelled M-E-R-E-N-D-A (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merenda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a meal eaten by students in school” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of merendar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “refeição leve no período da tarde”.
What does merenda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea meal eaten by students in school
- 2
femininedunch (small meal between lunch and dinner)
- 3
femininesnack
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. refeição leve no período da tarde 2. refeição leve de escolares
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 merenda
- merendas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merenda?
- Brazil /meˈɾẽ.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɨˈɾẽ.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɨ.ˈɾẽ.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merenda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merenda in Portuguese?
merenda appears 1.7 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).