tepe
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɛ.pi/
tepe is spelled T-E-P-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tepe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sod (section of grass with roots and earth attached)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tepe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesod (section of grass with roots and earth attached)
noun
- 1
masculinetap
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tepe
- tepes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tepe?
- Brazil /ˈtɛ.pi/
- Portugal /ˈtɛ.pɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tepe in Portuguese?
tepe appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).