sertanejo
Portuguese, noun/ˌseʁ.taˈne.ʒu/
sertanejo is spelled S-E-R-T-A-N-E-J-O (9 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sertanejo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of a rural, semi-arid area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantor sertanejo ou de dupla sertaneja ou compositor desta música”.
What does sertanejo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
from or relating to a rural, semi-arid area
- 2
rural (from or relating to any less-populated area)
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of a rural, semi-arid area
- 2
masculinerustic; countryman (someone from a less-populated area)
- 3
masculinesertanejo (a genre of Brazilian folk music)
- 4
masculinea fan of sertanejo music
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. do sertão, ou que nele habita 2. rústico, simples
noun: 1. cantor sertanejo ou de dupla sertaneja ou compositor desta música
noun: 1. música ou ritmo sertanejos; caipira
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 sertanejo
- sertaneja feminine
- sertanejos masculine plural
- sertanejas feminine plural
- sertaneijo alternative hypercorrect
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sertanejo?
- Brazil /ˌseʁ.taˈne.ʒu/
- Brazil [ˌseh.taˈne.ʒu]
- /ˌseɾ.taˈne.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sertanejo in Portuguese?
sertanejo appears 5.2 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).