sesmaria
Portuguese, noun/sez.maˈɾi.ɐ/
sesmaria is spelled S-E-S-M-A-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sesmaria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fallow land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lote de terra inculta ou abandonada”.
What does sesmaria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefallow land
- 2
Brazilfeminineland distributed in a captaincy (for cultivation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lote de terra inculta ou abandonada 2. terreno abandonado ou inculto que os reis de Portugal cediam aos novos povoadores 3. antiga medida agrária, ainda hoje usada no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, para áreas de campo de criação; a légua de sesmaria equivale a três mil braças, ou 6.600 metros
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do pretérito do indicativo do verbo sesmar
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 sesmaria
- sesmarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sesmaria?
- Brazil /sez.maˈɾi.ɐ/
- /seʒ.maˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sesmaria in Portuguese?
sesmaria appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).