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xaveco

Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈvɛ.ku/

xaveco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “xebec (Arabic transport ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of xavecar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “embarcação de três mastros e velas latinas, também movida a remo”.

What does xaveco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinexebec (Arabic transport ship)

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinea small, old and poorly built boat

  3. 3

    Brazilcolloquialmasculineflirting (talk in which one intends to seduce a person)

  4. 4

    Brazilmasculineknavery, trickery

  5. 5

    Brazilmasculinetrifle (something or someone without much importance)

  6. 6

    Brazilderogatorymasculinehag (old and ugly woman)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of xavecar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. de má qualidade

noun: 1. embarcação de três mastros e velas latinas, também movida a remo 2. pequena embarcação 3. barco pequeno, mal construído ou velho; embarcação ordinária 4. pessoa ou coisa irrelevante, sem valor, sem importância; pessoa feia; objeto velho e inservível

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 xaveco

  • xavecos plural
  • chaveco alternative misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce xaveco?

  • Brazil /ʃaˈvɛ.ku/
  • Portugal /ʃɐˈvɛ.ku/
  • Portugal /ʃɐˈbɛ.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to xaveco

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is xaveco in Portuguese?

xaveco appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).