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rolé

Portuguese, noun

rolé is spelled R-O-L-É (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rolé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of rolê (“walk”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rolê is a different word: “walk; stroll”. Without its accent, role is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”.

What does rolé mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinealternative form of rolê (“walk”)

adjective

as rolê
  1. 1

    Brazilfemininemasculinerolled

  2. 2

    Brazilfemininemasculinepolo-neck; turtleneck (high, close-fitting collar)

noun

as rolê
  1. 1

    Brazilinformalmasculinewalk; stroll

  2. 2

    Brazilinformalmasculineslanga casual meeting for informal chat; an instance of hanging out

verb

as role
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. passeio curto; volta

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 rolé

  • rolés plural
  • rolês plural
  • rolé alternative

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

English words that translate to rolé

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

How common is rolé in Portuguese?

rolé appears 5.9 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).

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