negrume
Portuguese, noun/neˈɡɾũ.mi/
negrume is spelled N-E-G-R-U-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negrume is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “darkness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escuridão, trevas”.
What does negrume mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedarkness
- 2
masculinesorrow, sadness, melancholy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. escuridão, trevas
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 negrume
- negrumes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce negrume?
- Brazil /neˈɡɾũ.mi/
- Portugal /nɨˈɡɾu.mɨ/
- Portugal [nɨˈɣɾu.mɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is negrume in Portuguese?
negrume appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).