tremedeira
Portuguese, noun/tɾe.meˈde(j).ɾɐ/
tremedeira is spelled T-R-E-M-E-D-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tremedeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shiver (trembling from cold, disease or fright)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tremor, agitação”.
What does tremedeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshiver (trembling from cold, disease or fright)
- 2
femininemalaria
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tremor, agitação 2. malária 3. o último momento, geralmente agonizante, do moribundo
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 tremedeira
- tremedeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tremedeira?
- Brazil /tɾe.meˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [tɾe.meˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /tɾɨ.mɨˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tremedeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tremedeira in Portuguese?
tremedeira appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).