seiva
Portuguese, noun/ˈsej.vɐ/
seiva is spelled S-E-I-V-A (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “saliva” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líquido nutritivo que circula nas plantas”.
What does seiva mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininesaliva
noun
- 1
femininesap (circulating fluid of plants)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líquido nutritivo que circula nas plantas 2. substância; sangue; vigor; atividade
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 seiva
- seivas plural
- saíva alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seiva?
- Brazil /ˈsej.vɐ/
- Brazil [ˈseɪ̯.vɐ]
- Portugal /ˈsɐj.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seiva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seiva in Portuguese?
seiva appears 1.0 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).