seresta
Portuguese, noun/seˈɾɛs.tɐ/
seresta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “serenade, or a variation thereof played with portable instruments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de uma pessoa ou grupo que canta ou toca para uma ou mais pessoas, no período noturno, ao ar livre”.
What does seresta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineserenade, or a variation thereof played with portable instruments
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de uma pessoa ou grupo que canta ou toca para uma ou mais pessoas, no período noturno, ao ar livre 2. peça de música erudita composta nos moldes da seresta popular
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 seresta
- serestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seresta?
- Brazil /seˈɾɛs.tɐ/
- /seˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /sɨˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is seresta in Portuguese?
seresta appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).