serra
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/
serra is spelled S-E-R-R-A (5 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “saw (tool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of serrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de lâmina de aço dentada e comprida para cortar madeira e outros materiais”.
What does serra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaw (tool)
- 2
femininechain (of mountains)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de lâmina de aço dentada e comprida para cortar madeira e outros materiais 2. o ato de serrar 3. muitas montanhas ligadas umas às outras
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo serrar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Espírito Santo 2. sobrenome comum em português
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 serra
- serras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serra?
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/
- Brazil [ˈsɛ.hɐ]
- /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serra in Portuguese?
serra appears 68 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).