nespereira
Portuguese, noun/nes.peˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/
nespereira is spelled N-E-S-P-E-R-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nespereira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the loquat tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore da família das rosáceas, conhecida também por nespereira-do-japão, cujo fruto é a nêspera, (Eriobotrya…”.
What does nespereira mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininethe medlar tree
- 2
femininethe loquat tree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore da família das rosáceas, conhecida também por nespereira-do-japão, cujo fruto é a nêspera, (Eriobotrya japonica) 2. arbusto da família das rosáceas, também conhecida por nespereira-da-europa, (Crataegus germanica)
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 nespereira
- nespereiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nespereira?
- Brazil /nes.peˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [nes.peˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /neʃ.peˈɾe(j).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 nespereira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nespereira in Portuguese?
nespereira 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).