sofregamente
Portuguese, adverb/ˌso.fɾe.ɡaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
sofregamente is spelled S-O-F-R-E-G-A-M-E-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofregamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “greedily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de maneira sôfrega”.
What does sofregamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
greedily
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de maneira sôfrega
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 sofregamente
- mais sofregamente comparative
- o mais sofregamente superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofregamente?
- Brazil /ˌso.fɾe.ɡaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˌso.fɾɨ.ɡɐˈmẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal [ˌso.fɾɨ.ɣɐˈmẽ.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sofregamente in Portuguese?
sofregamente appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).