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refeição

Portuguese, noun/ʁe.fejˈsɐ̃w̃/

refeição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “meal (food that is prepared and eaten at a specific time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção de alimento consumido a certas horas do dia”.

What does refeição mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemeal (food that is prepared and eaten at a specific time)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. porção de alimento consumido a certas horas do dia 2. comida

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 refeição

  • refeições plural

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

How do you pronounce refeição?

  • Brazil /ʁe.fejˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [he.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /ʁe.fejˈsɐ̃w̃/

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

English words that translate to refeição

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

How common is refeição in Portuguese?

refeição appears 12 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).