sorveira
Portuguese, noun/soʁˈve(j).ɾɐ/
sorveira is spelled S-O-R-V-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese, the 246,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorveira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “service tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arbusto que chega a árvore, originária da ilha da Madeira, da espécie Sorbus domestica”.
What does sorveira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineservice tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arbusto que chega a árvore, originária da ilha da Madeira, da espécie Sorbus domestica 2. sorva-pequena, árvore amazônica da espécie Couma utilis
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 sorveira
- sorveiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorveira?
- Brazil /soʁˈve(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [soɦˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /soɾˈve(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorveira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorveira in Portuguese?
sorveira appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).