solfejo
Portuguese, noun/sowˈfe.ʒu/
solfejo is spelled S-O-L-F-E-J-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solfejo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “solfège” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de cantar pronunciando nome das notas que se canta, de acordo com as alturas absolutas ou relativas…”.
What does solfejo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesolfège
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de cantar pronunciando nome das notas que se canta, de acordo com as alturas absolutas ou relativas (transpostas); ato de solfejar 2. habilidade de solfejar 3. exercício para desenvolver leitura musical do qual o aluno deve praticar a leitura solfejando
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 solfejo
- solfejos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solfejo?
- Brazil /sowˈfe.ʒu/
- Brazil [soʊ̯ˈfe.ʒu]
- Portugal /solˈfɐ(j).ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to solfejo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is solfejo in Portuguese?
solfejo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).