serelepe
Portuguese, noun/se.ɾeˈlɛ.pi/
serelepe is spelled S-E-R-E-L-E-P-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serelepe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa serelepe”.
What does serelepe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinepeppy; energetic; lively
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans)
- 2
Brazilmasculinepeppy person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. esperto 2. vivo 3. buliçoso 4. irrequieto
noun: 1. pessoa serelepe
noun: 1. acutipuru, agutipuru, caxinguelê, quatipuru (Sciurus aestuans)
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 serelepe
- serelepes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serelepe?
- Brazil /se.ɾeˈlɛ.pi/
- Portugal /sɨ.ɾɨˈlɛ.pɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serelepe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serelepe in Portuguese?
serelepe appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).