mesquite
Portuguese, noun/mesˈki.t͡ʃi/
mesquite is spelled M-E-S-Q-U-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesquite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mesquite (any of the North-American deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta leguminosa do gênero Prosopis encontrada na fronteira entre o México e os Estados Unidos”.
What does mesquite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemesquite (any of the North-American deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta leguminosa do gênero Prosopis encontrada na fronteira entre o México e os Estados Unidos
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 mesquite
- mesquites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mesquite?
- Brazil /mesˈki.t͡ʃi/
- /meʃˈki.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mɨʃˈki.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mesquite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mesquite in Portuguese?
mesquite appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).