sirigaita
Portuguese, noun/si.ɾiˈɡaj.tɐ/
sirigaita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “minx (a cheeky, impudent or pert woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trepadeira (Certhia brachydactyla)”.
What does sirigaita mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfeminineinformalminx (a cheeky, impudent or pert woman)
- 2
feminineshort-toed treecreeper
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trepadeira (Certhia brachydactyla) 2. rapariga desembaraçada, aguda, esperta 3. mulher sem vergonha
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 sirigaita
- sirigaitas plural
- serigaita alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sirigaita?
- Brazil /si.ɾiˈɡaj.tɐ/
- Brazil [si.ɾiˈɡaɪ̯.tɐ]
- Portugal /si.ɾiˈɡaj.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sirigaita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sirigaita in Portuguese?
sirigaita appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).