sweep
Portuguese, noun/ˈswip/
sweep is spelled S-W-E-E-P (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sweep is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sweep (arpeggio played with a single movement of the picking hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sweep mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesweep (arpeggio played with a single movement of the picking hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sweep
- sweeps plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sweep?
- Brazil /ˈswip/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sweep in Portuguese?
sweep appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).