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shawarma

Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/

shawarma is spelled S-H-A-W-A-R-M-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shawarma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of xauarma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does shawarma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinealternative spelling of xauarma

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of shawarma

  • shawarmas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce shawarma?

  • Brazil /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/
  • Brazil [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is shawarma in Portuguese?

shawarma appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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