pereba
Portuguese, noun/pɛˈɾɛ.bɐ/
pereba is spelled P-E-R-E-B-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pereba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sore (injuried patch of skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lesão cutânea”.
What does pereba mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininesore (injuried patch of skin)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialfemininewound; injury
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lesão cutânea 2. indivíduo que pratica qualquer atividade de forma medíocre
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 pereba
- perebas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pereba?
- Brazil /pɛˈɾɛ.bɐ/
- Brazil /peˈɾɛ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pereba in Portuguese?
pereba appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).