serva
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
serva is spelled S-E-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of servo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquela que vive em estado de servidão”.
What does serva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of servo
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of servo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquela que vive em estado de servidão
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 serva
- servas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serva?
- Brazil /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
- Brazil [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]
- /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is serva in Portuguese?
serva appears 1.5 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).