xaréu
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈɾɛw/
xaréu is spelled X-A-R-É-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xaréu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “leather cape used by cowboys to cover the hips of their horses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comum aos peixes teleósteos perciformes, da família dos carangídeos, do gênero Caranx”.
What does xaréu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleather cape used by cowboys to cover the hips of their horses
- 2
masculinefrost
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinepompano (any of various fishes of the genus Trachinotus)
- 2
Brazilmasculinejack (any of various fishes of the genus Caranx)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação comum aos peixes teleósteos perciformes, da família dos carangídeos, do gênero Caranx
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 xaréu
- xaréus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xaréu?
- Brazil /ʃaˈɾɛw/
- Brazil [ʃaˈɾɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /ʃɐˈɾɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xaréu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xaréu in Portuguese?
xaréu appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).