teja
Portuguese, verb/ˈte.ʒɐ/
teja is spelled T-E-J-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teja is a Portuguese verb meaning “eye dialect spelling of esteja” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tar.
What does teja mean in English?
verb
- 1
eye dialect spelling of esteja
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce teja?
- Brazil /ˈte.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ(j).ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is teja in Portuguese?
teja appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).