néctar
Portuguese, noun/ˈnɛk.tɐʁ/
néctar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the drink of the gods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância aquosa secretada pelos vegetais através de glândulas especializadas”.
What does néctar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe drink of the gods
- 2
masculineany drink considered extremely good
- 3
masculinenectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância aquosa secretada pelos vegetais através de glândulas especializadas
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 néctar
- néctares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce néctar?
- Brazil /ˈnɛk.tɐʁ/
- Brazil [ˈnɛk.tɐh]
- /ˈnɛk.tɐɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to néctar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is néctar in Portuguese?
néctar appears 1.6 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).