repente
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈpẽ.t͡ʃi/
repente is spelled R-E-P-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repente is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “attack, upsurge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does repente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineattack, upsurge
- 2
masculinesudden movement
- 3
Brazilmasculinea fast-paced, rhymed song sung impromptu, common in the Northeast region in Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. na locução adverbial de modo de repente, repentinamente, subitamente
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 repente
- repentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repente?
- Brazil /ʁeˈpẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [heˈpẽ.t͡ʃi]
- /ʁeˈpẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is repente in Portuguese?
repente appears 32 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).