selvageria
Portuguese, noun/sew.va.ʒeˈɾi.ɐ/
selvageria is spelled S-E-L-V-A-G-E-R-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selvageria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “savagery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de selvagem”.
What does selvageria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesavagery
- 2
feminineferocity, cruelty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de selvagem 2. ato de selvagem
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 selvageria
- selvagerias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce selvageria?
- Brazil /sew.va.ʒeˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [seʊ̯.va.ʒeˈɾi.ɐ]
- Portugal /sɛl.vɐ.ʒɨˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to selvageria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is selvageria in Portuguese?
selvageria appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).