narceja
Portuguese, noun/naʁˈse.ʒɐ/
narceja is spelled N-A-R-C-E-J-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Narceja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “snipe (bird of the family Scolopacidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave pernalta semelhante à galinhola, porém menor (no máximo, 30 cm de comprimento), também chamada de…”.
What does narceja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesnipe (bird of the family Scolopacidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave pernalta semelhante à galinhola, porém menor (no máximo, 30 cm de comprimento), também chamada de agachadeira
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 narceja
- narcejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce narceja?
- Brazil /naʁˈse.ʒɐ/
- Brazil [nahˈse.ʒɐ]
- /naɾˈse.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to narceja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is narceja in Portuguese?
narceja appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).