sereia
Portuguese, noun/seˈɾej.ɐ/
sereia is spelled S-E-R-E-I-A (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sereia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ser mitológico, metade peixe, metade mulher, cujo canto atraía navegantes para o fundo do mar”.
What does sereia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)
- 2
femininean attractive woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ser mitológico, metade peixe, metade mulher, cujo canto atraía navegantes para o fundo do mar 2. mulher fisicamente sedutora
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 sereia
- sereias plural
- sereio masculine
- sereios masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sereia?
- Brazil /seˈɾej.ɐ/
- Brazil [seˈɾeɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /sɨˈɾɐj.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 sereia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sereia in Portuguese?
sereia appears 5.2 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).