retirante
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
retirante is spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retirante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an emigrant, especially one who leaves the Northeast Region of Brazil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que foge da seca do Nordeste brasileiro”.
What does retirante mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinean emigrant, especially one who leaves the Northeast Region of Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que (se) retira
noun: 1. pessoa que foge da seca do Nordeste brasileiro
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 retirante
- retirantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retirante?
- Brazil /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [he.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retirante in Portuguese?
retirante appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).