sôfrego
Portuguese, adjective/ˈso.fɾe.ɡu/
sôfrego is spelled S-Ô-F-R-E-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sôfrego is a Portuguese adjective meaning “greedy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ávido de comer ou beber; que parece engolir o que come”.
What does sôfrego mean in English?
adjective
- 1
greedy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ávido de comer ou beber; que parece engolir o que come 2. ansioso, desejoso, ávido 3. insofrido, impaciente, apressado na realização de alguma coisa
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 sôfrego
- sôfrega feminine
- sôfregos masculine plural
- sôfregas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sôfrego?
- Brazil /ˈso.fɾe.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈso.fɾɨ.ɡu/
- Portugal [ˈso.fɾɨ.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sôfrego in Portuguese?
sôfrego appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).