seja
Portuguese, verb/ˈse.ʒɐ/
seja is spelled S-E-J-A (4 letters) and appears 646 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 136th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seja is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does seja mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. designa consentimento
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 seja
- seija alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seja?
- Brazil /ˈse.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɐ(j).ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ˈse.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is seja in Portuguese?
seja appears 646 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).