sertaneja
Portuguese, adjective
sertaneja is spelled S-E-R-T-A-N-E-J-A (9 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sertaneja is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of sertanejo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sertaneja mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of sertanejo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Paraná
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.
How common is sertaneja in Portuguese?
sertaneja appears 3.5 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).