serpentário
Portuguese, noun/seʁ.pẽˈta.ɾju/
serpentário is spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T-Á-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpentário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius, a terrestrial bird of Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “constelação zodiacal, que tem forma de serpentário”.
What does serpentário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius, a terrestrial bird of Africa)
noun
- 1
masculinea place where snakes are reared or kept
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. constelação zodiacal, que tem forma de serpentário
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 serpentário
- serpentários plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpentário?
- Brazil /seʁ.pẽˈta.ɾju/
- Brazil [seh.pẽˈta.ɾju]
- /seɾ.pẽˈta.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is serpentário in Portuguese?
serpentário appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).