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nerd

Portuguese, noun/ˈnɛʁ.d͡ʒi/

nerd is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nerd (intellectual, introverted and quirky person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does nerd mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinenerd (intellectual, introverted and quirky person)

adjective

  1. 1

    nerdy (who is a nerd)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of nerd

  • nerds plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nerd?

  • Brazil /ˈnɛʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil [ˈnɛɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • Brazil /ˈnɛʁd͡ʒ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nerd

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nerd in Portuguese?

nerd appears 7.2 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).