sapé
Portuguese, noun/saˈpɛ/
sapé is spelled S-A-P-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “satintail (any grass in the genus Imperata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta gramínea do Brasil”.
What does sapé mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinesatintail (any grass in the genus Imperata)
- 2
BrazilmasculineBrazilian satintail (Imperata brasiliensis)
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculinethatch (straw used to cover roofs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta gramínea do Brasil
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba
noun: 1. planta gramínea do Brasil
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 sapé
- sapés plural
- sapê alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapé?
- Brazil /saˈpɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sapé in Portuguese?
sapé appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).