tarefa
Portuguese, noun/taˈɾɛ.fɐ/
tarefa is spelled T-A-R-E-F-A (6 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,420th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarefa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “job, task” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encargo, trabalho”.
What does tarefa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejob, task
Tarefa apressada, tarefa estragada.
- 2
feminineburden, chore
- 3
femininejob
- 4
Brazilfeminineclipping of tarefa de casa (“homework”)
Estou fazendo minha tarefa.
- 5
femininevessel where oil and rose water flow from the fields
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. encargo, trabalho
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 tarefa
- tarefas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tarefa?
- Brazil /taˈɾɛ.fɐ/
- Portugal /tɐˈɾɛ.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tarefa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tarefa in Portuguese?
tarefa appears 38 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).