nêspera
Portuguese, noun/ˈnes.pe.ɾɐ/
nêspera is spelled N-Ê-S-P-E-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nêspera is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “loquat (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto da nespereira, da família das rosáceas, originária da China (Eriobotrya japonica)”.
What does nêspera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineloquat (fruit)
- 2
femininemedlar (fruit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto da nespereira, da família das rosáceas, originária da China (Eriobotrya japonica)
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 nêspera
- nêsperas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nêspera?
- Brazil /ˈnes.pe.ɾɐ/
- /ˈneʃ.pe.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈneʃ.pɨ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nêspera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nêspera in Portuguese?
nêspera appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).