sudeste
Portuguese, noun/suˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/
sudeste is spelled S-U-D-E-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sudeste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “southeast (compass point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponto cardeal entre o sul e o leste”.
What does sudeste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoutheast (compass point)
- 2
masculineSoutheast (a region named for the cardinal direction in which it lies)
adjective
- 1
southeast, southeastern (relating to the southeast direction)
- 2
southeast, southeastward (situated towards or in the direction of the southeast)
- 3
southeast (coming from the southeast)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponto cardeal entre o sul e o leste
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.
How do you pronounce sudeste?
- Brazil /suˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/
- /suˈdɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /suˈdɛʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sudeste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sudeste in Portuguese?
sudeste appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).