várzea
Portuguese, noun/ˈvaʁ.zjɐ/
várzea is spelled V-Á-R-Z-E-A (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,032nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Várzea is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “floodplain (a plain adjacent to a river that experiences flooding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno baixo, plano, com poucas pedras, sujeito a alagamentos em época de chuva”.
What does várzea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefloodplain (a plain adjacent to a river that experiences flooding)
- 2
feminineplain (large flat area)
- 3
Brazilfeminineellipsis of futebol de várzea (“soccer played informally, with relaxed or arbitrary rules”)
- 4
Brazilfeminineruckus; mess (state of disturbance and disarray)
O atendimento é 24h, mas eu ligo e ninguém atende. Uma várzea só!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. terreno baixo, plano, com poucas pedras, sujeito a alagamentos em época de chuva
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba 2. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Norte
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 várzea
- várzeas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce várzea?
- Brazil /ˈvaʁ.zjɐ/
- Brazil [ˈvaɦ.zjɐ]
- /ˈvaɾ.zjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to várzea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is várzea in Portuguese?
várzea appears 4.6 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).