nojeira
Portuguese, noun/noˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/
nojeira is spelled N-O-J-E-I-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nojeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “something dirty, disgusting and repulsive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que, seja pela sujeira, mau aspecto ou pela imoralidade, provoca asco, repugnância”.
What does nojeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesomething dirty, disgusting and repulsive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquilo que, seja pela sujeira, mau aspecto ou pela imoralidade, provoca asco, repugnância
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 nojeira
- nojeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nojeira?
- Brazil /noˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [noˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /nuˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nojeira in Portuguese?
nojeira appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).